RANEY v. H. B. ZACHRY COMPANY

No. 12980

285 S.W.2d 955 (1956)

George W. RANEY, Appellant, v. H. B. ZACHRY COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

January 11, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. White, Uvalde, for appellant.

Eskridge, Groce & Hebdon, San Antonio, for appellees.


POPE, Justice.

George W. Raney, plaintiff below, sued H. B. Zachry Company, a corporation, for actual and exemplary damages for harm done to a ranch house and ranch fences while the corporation was erecting an electric transmission line. The corporation was trespassing upon Raney's lands and caused the damages after Raney ordered its employees of his property. In answer to special issues, the jury awarded $500 actual damages and $500 as exemplary damages caused by...

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