TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. JEZEK

No. 3430.

302 S.W.2d 196 (1957)

TEXAS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. A. L. JEZEK, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Beard, Kultgen & Beard, Waco, for appellee.


TIREY, Justice.

This action is grounded on negligence, and this is a second appeal. See 282 S.W.2d 112 (n. r. e.).

The jury in its verdict found substantially (1 and 2) that the electric wire was not effectively insulated at the place where Jezek contacted it with his hand, but that such failure was not negligence; (4-A) that the Light Company knew, or in the exercise of reasonable...

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