Texas Public Service Co. v. Armstrong

Suit against appellant by the mother and the son of John Deary for negligently causing -the latter’s death at Smithville on April 28, 1929. From a judgment upon special issue findings of a jury in favor of plaintiffs, the defendant appeals. The following facts appear:

Appellant owned and operated the electric light plant in the town of Smithville. From a pole in the alley back of Stephen Bell’s place light wires were strung to a negro church 119 feet away. At appellant’s pole in the alley these wires were 15½ feet from the ground. They entered the church 13 feet from the ground. Between these…