Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Sheppard
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; W. F. Ezell, Judge. Action by Elsie Phillips Sheppard and another against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFlx, C. J.
This is an action for damages originally instituted by Elsie Phillips, who, pending the suit, married A. H. Sheppard, and he joined her in the suit. It was alleged in the petition that appellant is engaged in the telephone business and has, on Travis street in the city of San Antonio, a certain six-story brick building in which its business is conducted; that on April 13, 1914, Elsie Phillips Sheppard, who wilDbe described as the appellee, was on the sidewalk in front of said building, and that it was her purpose to enter said building to discharge her duties as an employé of appellant, and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- McCray v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1896
- Texarkana & Ft. S. Ry. Co. v. CaseyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Fain v. NelmsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Alamo Dressed Beef Company v. YearganCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
- J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. v. DinwiddieCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Rice v. GarrettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
- Skelly Oil Co. v. JohnstonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Universal Atlas Cement Co. v. OswaldTexas Commission of Appeals · 1941
- Beaumont Iron Works Co. v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1945
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