San Marcos Electric Light & Power Co. v. Compton
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hays County. Tried below before Hon. L. W. Moore.
1Opinion of the Court
KEY, Associate Justice.
This suit was instituted by Mrs. M. A. Compton and her children against the San Marcos Electric Light & Power Company and the San Marcos Telephone Company, to recover damages on account of the death of L. B. Compton, the husband of Mrs. Compton and the father of the other plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs alleged in their petition that long prior to the death of L. B. Compton the Electric Light & Power Company had poles and wires strung along Fourth Street in the city of San Marcos, and transmitted as much as 1100 volts of electricity over said wires; that at the time of…
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