West Texas Utilities Co. v. Haynes

The appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellee against appellant for the value of a mule. Briefly, the facts are: Appellant, through its employees, was constructing a telephone line along a highway near the farm upon which appellee resided. At the close of a day’s work the employees left two spools of wire near the traveled portion of the highway. One of these spools was left lying flat in a ditch, and the other was left standing on its end between the ditch and that portion of the highway over which vehicles passed. Appellee came along -this highway after working hours, taking some mules…