Denison Light & Power Co. v. Patton
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fifth District, in an appeal from Grayson County. Judgment recovered by Patton against the Denison Light & Power Co. was affirmed on appeal by that defendant (135 S. W., 1040) and it thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Phillips
B. B. Patton, the plaintiff in the trial court, was a lineman in the employ of the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company in the city of Denison, and brought this suit against that company and the Denison Light & Power Company, herein designated for convenience as the Telephone Company and Light Company, respectively, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him as the result of an electrical shock received on October 23, 1908, while in the discharge of the duties of his employment. The trial resulted in a peremptory instruction in favor of the Telephone…
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