DeWITT COUNTY ELEC. CO-OP. v. PARKS

No. 98-0446.

1 S.W.3d 96 (1999)

DeWITT COUNTY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC., Petitioner, v. Daniel S. PARKS and Suzanne Parks, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 1, 1999.

Rehearing Overruled October 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Florence, Edward P. Quillin, Joseph Marion Gregory, R. Michael Beene, Dallas, for Petitioner.

W. McNab Miller, III, Houston, Daniel S. Parks, The Woodlands, for Respondents.


Justice OWEN delivered the opinion of the Court.

When an electric utility cut down two trees that were on its easement and trimmed another that had grown within the easement, this suit by the landowners resulted. We are called upon to construe the easement agreement between the parties and to determine the viability of certain DTPA and negligence claims. The trial court granted a directed verdict for the utility on all claims. The court of appeals reversed, holding...

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