ERWIN v. GUADALUPE VALLEY ELECTRIC CO-OP

No. 15250.

505 S.W.2d 353 (1974)

Joyce ERWIN et al., Appellants, v. GUADALUPE VALLEY ELECTRIC CO-OP, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Morehead, Gibbons & Spivey, Austin, for appellants.

Ben F. Vaughan, III, Austin, for appellee.


CADENA, Justice.

This is a suit to recover for the death of Ruel Erwin, Jr., who was electrocuted when a football goalpost he and others were constructing came into contact with a 14,400—volt distribution line maintained by defendant, Guadalupe Valley Electric Co-op.

Plaintiffs, the persons entitled to sue for damages resulting from such death under the provisions of Article 4671 Vernon's Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., are his widow, Joyce Erwin; his surviving...

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