Southwestern Bell Telephone Company v. Adams

The appellee, Thomas 0. Adams, was the owner of a building at Seventeenth and Railroad streets in the city of Little Rock, which was used as a warehouse. In December, 1937, without appellee’s consent, appellant sent its employee to the building to remove a dead telephone. It is alleged that said employee forced open a window, removed the telephone, failed to fasten the window, removed the bars from the inside of the door, opened the door and left it open, leaving the premises open and inviting to trespassers. The acts of appellant made possible and started in motion the unlawful trespass;…