Cantu v. Central Power & Light Co., 8597.
| Decision Date | 15 April 1931 |
| Docket Number | No. 8597.,8597. |
| Parties | CANTU v. CENTRAL POWER & LIGHT CO. et al. |
| Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Val Verde County; Joseph Jones, Judge.
Action by F. Cantu against the Central Power & Light Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
John L. Dodson, of Del Rio, for appellant.
J. M. Wilson, of San Antonio, and J. J. Foster, of Del Rio, for appellee Central Power & Light Co.
Jones & Lyles, of Del Rio, for appellee Illinois Pipe Line Co.
Under this grant the pipe line company entered upon the designated right of way and laid its pipe line, and also set up the necessary poles and appurtenances thereto, and strung a telephone wire thereon, for the purpose of enabling the company to maintain telephonic communication between its employees in the operation of the pipe line. To this servitude Cantu made and offers no objections.
An electric current is necessary to the operation of pumps along the line to force the flow of oil through the pipe lines, and for this purpose the pipe line company employed the power facilities of the Central Power & Light Company, which in turn required telephonic communication between its pumping stations by which to regulate the power current. For this purpose, exclusively, the pipe line company permitted the power company to operate a telephone line on the poles set up by the pipe line company. Cantu objected to the placing and operation of this second...
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