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DENTON COUNTY ELECTRIC CO-OP., INC. v. BURKHOLDER

No. 16296.

354 S.W.2d 639 (1962)

DENTON COUNTY ELECTRIC CO-OPERATIVE, INC., Appellant, v. Mrs. U. A. BURKHOLDER et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, L. P. Bickel and Jack Pew, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Coleman & Whitten, and Royce Whitten, Denton, for appellee Mrs. U. A. Burkholder.

Leachman, Gardere, Akin & Porter, J. Carlisle DeHay, Jr., and Edward E. Crowell, Jr., Dallas, for appellee Joslyn Manufacturing & Supply Co.

RENFRO, Justice.

On the 12th day of June, 1960, five cows belonging to plaintiff were electrocuted. The instrument of death was a power line belonging to defendant, Denton County Electric Co-operative, Inc., which came in contact with the cows by reason of a broken power line pole.

Plaintiff filed suit against the defendant, alleging several acts of negligence. The defendant made Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company, successor to the supplier of the poles...

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