Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Hertz Equipment Rental Co.

OPINION

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

December 16, 1971, defendant Joseph Eugene McMurtrie, driving truck of defendant Hertz Equipment Rental Company, proceeded in an easterly direction on what is known as the west freeway in Fort Worth, Texas. His direction of travel was toward the City of Fort Worth. At a point proximate to Sanguinet Street the top portion of the load on the truck struck an overhead cable of plaintiff Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. The collision was forceful. The truck overturned with its load. Damage done to the telephone company as result of the severing of its cable was in…