SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. WEST

No. 299.

417 S.W.2d 297 (1967)

SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellant, v. J. Harlan WEST et ux., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kearney Brim, Sulphur Springs, Larry Barnes, Dallas, for appellant.

Smith, Johnson & McDowell, William McDowell, Sulphur Springs, Woodrow H. Edwards, Mt. Vernon, for appellees.


DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This case is a proceeding in Eminent Domain to obtain a twenty feet wide easement across and under the land of appellees in Hopkins County, Texas, for the installation of an underground communications cable necessary in providing long distance telephone service to the public in Sulphur Springs, Texas.

The Commissioners in Condemnation awarded appellees $300.00. Appellees appealed to the County Court of Hopkins County where trial was...

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