Abilene Light & Water Co. v. Robinson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Taylor County ; T. ID. Blanton, Judge. Action by W. M. Robinson against the Abilene Light & Water Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
This is the second appeal in this case; our decision on the former appeal appearing in 131 S. W. 301.
The present appeal is by defendant, the Abilene Light & Water Company, from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, W. M. Robinson, for $1,400, awarded by a jury as damages for personal injuries resulting from his fall from, a telephone pole. Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a “lineman,” and at the time of his injury was engaged in constructing a telephone line for the defendant to territory in which defendant had not theretofore operated. B. F. Rendall, another employs, was assisting…
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