Texas Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Scott
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Llano County. Tried below before Hon. Clarence Martin.
1Opinion of the Court
EICE, Associate Justice.
Mrs. S. A. Scott, wife of appellee, while sitting in her home on the 14th of July, 1908, in the town of Llano, was struck and seriously injured by lightning, alleged to have been conducted into her house by means of appellant’s wires, and this action is brought by appellee, her husband, to recover damages therefor.
The ground of negligence upon which appellee relied for recovery was, in effect, that the appellant was guilty of negligence in permitting its telephone wires to remain in appellee’s residence after removing therefrom its telephone instrument, and in not…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gainesville, Henrietta & Western Railway Co. v. LacyTexas Supreme Court · 1893
- Hardy v. De LeonTexas Supreme Court · 1849
- Wood v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1857
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. McTyerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Southern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
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