Legal Opinion
Texas Utilities Electric Co. Ex Rel. Texas Power & Light Division v. Gold Kist, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided September 19, 1991No. 11-89-241-CVPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ARNOT, Justice.
Gold Kist, Inc., Durham Pecan Company, Inc., 1 and Columbian Peanut Company sued Higginbotham Bros. & Co. and Texas Utilities Electric Company (TP & L) 2 for damages to their peanuts and pecans resulting from a fire. A Higginbotham truck hit a guy wire attached to TP & L’s pole causing the electrical transmission lines to vibrate and arc. The lines separated, falling across a warehouse where the produce was stored; and the arcing lines ignited the building. The three plaintiffs additionally sued Van-Walls Urethane Contractors, Inc., who installed insulation in Durham’s…
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Malone v. Foster, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1997
- Wyrulec Co. v. SchuttWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
- Gold Kist, Inc. v. Texas Utilities Electric Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1992
- Military Highway Water Supply Corp. v. Morin, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
- Anderson v. Market Street Developers, Ltd., Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1997
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