PENTAGON ENTERPRISES v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

No. 1405.

540 S.W.2d 477 (1976)

PENTAGON ENTERPRISES, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. O'Quinn, Riddle, Murphrey, O'Quinn & Cannon, Robert A. Markowitz, Houston, for appellant.

Charles G. King, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, for appellee.


COULSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment non obstante veredicto. Pentagon Enterprises sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for a continuing trespass by telephone poles erroneously erected on a tract of land. The jury returned a verdict favorable to Pentagon. Judgment non obstante veredicto was entered for Bell. We affirm.

Pentagon engages in building and then leasing commercial structures such as warehouses. On June 2, 1972 Pentagon contracted...

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