BILLINGS v. ATKINSON

No. B-3043.

489 S.W.2d 858 (1973)

Lloyd BILLINGS, Petitioner, v. Norman E. ATKINSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

January 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Byrnes, Houston, and Jack M. Finley, Gladewater, for petitioner.

Norman E. Atkinson, pro se.


DENTON, Justice.

This is an action for actual and exemplary damages for the alleged tapping of the telephone wire running into petitioner's home. The suit was instituted by Lloyd Billings, petitioner, against Norman E. Atkinson and his former employer, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. At the close of the plaintiff's evidence in a trial before a jury, the trial court granted the telephone company's motion to withdraw the case from the jury and render judgment in...

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