San Antonio Gas & Electric Co. v. Speegle
Decision Date | 19 December 1900 |
Citation | 60 S.W. 884 |
Parties | SAN ANTONIO GAS & ELECTRIC CO. v. SPEEGLE. |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from district court, Bexar county; R. B. Green, Judge.
Action by Elbert M. Speegle against the San Antonio Gas & Electric Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed.
Houston Bros. and R. J. Boyle, for appellant. Keller & Williams, for appellee.
Appellee sued to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by an electric wire of the Mutual Electric Light Company. He was a lineman in its employ. In the performance of his duties he, with others, was engaged in pulling out a ground wire which was upon defendant's poles; that is, a wire that carries the return current from the line wire to the telephone. They had strung another wire in its place, and were taking this one down (that is, untying it and fixing to pull it down), when it broke on another pole, a span from where he was, and fell down upon defendant's wire, which was charged 2,000 volts, and the current thus passed into the wire he was handling, inflicting the injuries of which he complains. The petition alleges negligence as follows: ...
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