SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO. v. RAWLINGS MFG. CO.

Nos. 30943, 30944.

359 S.W.2d 393 (1962)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Corporation (Plaintiff), Respondent, v. RAWLINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a Corporation, William Quigley and Richard E. Harder (Defendants), Richard E. Harder, Appellant. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, a Corporation (Plaintiff), Appellant, v. RAWLINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a Corporation, and William Quigley (Defendants), Respondents.

St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mohler, Leo E. Eickhoff, Jr., Wm. C. Sullivan, Murry L. Randall, St. Louis, for appellant Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.

Wm. J. Becker, Clayton, for appellant Richard E. Harder.

Aubrey B. Hamilton, St. Louis, for respondent Wm. Quigley.

J. C. Jaeckel, St. Louis, for respondent Rawlings Mfg. Co.


WOLFE, Judge.

This is a suit to recover damages that the plaintiff sustained when its underground cables were caused to fall into an excavation made by a contractor employed by the Rawlings Manufacturing Company. The action is against Rawlings Manufacturing Company as employer, Quigley as its agent, and Harder as an employee making the excavation. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff against all three defendants in the sum of $5,400.

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