West Texas Utilities Co. v. Renner

The appellants are West Texas Utilities Company and Texas Plains Public Service Company, but since, for the purposes of this suit, they are one and the same entity, the opinion will refer to only one appellant, West Texas Utilities Company. Appellant is a distributor of electric current for light and power in the town of McCamey and the surrounding oil fields. It contracted with Mosher Steel & Machinery Company, an independent contractor, to erect an addition, known as a “lean-to,” to a building belonging to it and situated near McCamey. The addition was constructed of sheet iron and steel.…