Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co.

FLY, Associate Justice.

The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company applied to the county judge of Hunt County for the appointment of commissioners to assess the damages to be sustained by appellant by the maintenance of a telegraph and telephone line upon certain tracts of land owned by appellant. The commissioners were appointed and an award returned by them to the effect that the damages would amount in the aggregate to $15. Appellant filed exceptions to the petition and award, which were overruled by the court and judgment rendered giving appellee right of way over the land, upon…