TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. PETERSON

No. 3294.

288 S.W.2d 247 (1956)

TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. Cullen P. PETERSON, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan, Maxwell, Bryan & Wilson, Waco, Burford, Ryburn, Hincks & Ford, Dallas, for appellant.

Fitzpatrick & Fitzpatrick, Waco, for appellee.


TIREY, Justice.

Appellee brought this action for injuries received as the result of his lifting a metallic pipe into contact with a transmission line of appellant. He grounded his cause on the negligence of appellant in the construction and maintenance of its lines on both statutory and common law grounds. The court overruled defendant's motion for instructed verdict, and the issues, absent the burden of proof clause, and...

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