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EDWARDS v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 5492.

611 S.W.2d 904 (1981)

H. T. EDWARDS et al, Appellants, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY et al, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Clarkson, Beaumont, Childs & Bishop, Odessa, for appellants.

Elton Gilliland, Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollun, Inc., Odessa, Cecil Kuhne, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Lubbock, for appellees.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

H. T. Edwards sued Shell Oil Company and K & S Electric Company for injuries he sustained on June 12, 1974, when he came in contact with an electrically charged guy line that extended from the top of a pole to the ground.1 K & S built the line on property controlled and maintained by Shell. The trial court instructed a verdict for K & S after the close of...

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