Wagoner Telephone Co. v. Vermillion

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Wagoner Telephone Co. v. Vermillion

1915 OK 659, 151 P. 1037, 52 Okla. 72, 1915 Okla. LEXIS 241

CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma

DecidedSeptember 21, 1915

Docket5158

StatusPublished

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Wagoner Telephone Co. v. Vermillion, 1915 OK 659, 151 P. 1037, 52 Okla. 72, 1915 Okla. LEXIS 241 (Okla. 1915).

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Opinion

Opinion by

BLEAKMORE, C.

This proceeding in error is brought to review a judgment of the county court of Wagoner county, in an action originally begun in a justice court of that county, by the Wagoner Telephone Company, as plaintiff, against the defendant in error, for damages on account of injury to its telephone wires, etc. The plaintiff, a corporation operating a telephone system in the city' of Wagoner by virtue of a franchise, had as a part of its equipment certain wires suspended over and along the streets of said city. Defendant *73 was a house mover. It is alleged in the bill of particulars that defendant—

“while engaged in moving houses in said city of Wagoner, willfully and maliciously ran into and tore down telephone wires belonging to the plaintiff and used in the operation of plaintiff’s telephone business in said city, thereby placing several phones out of commission and otherwise damaging and injuring the plant of plaintiff, all in the total sum of $15. * * *”

The case was tried to a. jury, and resulted in judgment for defendant. It appeared from the evidence that defendant, while moving houses along the streets of said city, was compelled to pass them under a large number of telephone wires owned by the plaintiff, some few of which were tom down, and some crossed with other wires.. No requirement as to the height at which the wires of the plaintiff should be maintained is shown, either by provision of its franchise or ordinance of the city, nor does it appear whether defendant, in moving such houses, was acting under license from the city, nor is it shown that defendant either willfully, maliciously, or negligently injured the property of the' plaintiff.

The action of the court in giving certain instructions and refusing others requested by the plaintiff is assigned as error. It would serve no useful purpose to set forth such instructions. We have examined the same, and are of opinion that under the issues presented by the pleadings and evidence in this case there was no prejudicial error in such action of the court. The judgment should be affirmed.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

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Opinion by

BLEAKMORE, C.

This proceeding in error is brought to review a judgment of the county court of Wagoner county, in an action originally begun in a justice court of that county, by the Wagoner Telephone Company, as plaintiff, against the defendant in error, for damages on account of injury to its telephone wires, etc. The plaintiff, a corporation operating a telephone system in the city' of Wagoner by virtue of a franchise, had as a part of its equipment certain wires suspended over and along the streets of said city. Defendant *73 was a house mover. It is alleged in the bill of particulars that defendant—

“while engaged in moving houses in said city of Wagoner, willfully and maliciously ran into and tore down telephone wires belonging to the plaintiff and used in the operation of plaintiff’s telephone business in said city, thereby placing several phones out of commission and otherwise damaging and injuring the plant of plaintiff, all in the total sum of $15. * * *”

The case was tried to a. jury, and resulted in judgment for defendant. It appeared from the evidence that defendant, while moving houses along the streets of said city, was compelled to pass them under a large number of telephone wires owned by the plaintiff, some few of which were tom down, and some crossed with other wires.. No requirement as to the height at which the wires of the plaintiff should be maintained is shown, either by provision of its franchise or ordinance of the city, nor does it appear whether defendant, in moving such houses, was acting under license from the city, nor is it shown that defendant either willfully, maliciously, or negligently injured the property of the' plaintiff.

The action of the court in giving certain instructions and refusing others requested by the plaintiff is assigned as error. It would serve no useful purpose to set forth such instructions. We have examined the same, and are of opinion that under the issues presented by the pleadings and evidence in this case there was no prejudicial error in such action of the court. The judgment should be affirmed.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

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1915 OK 659, 151 P. 1037, 52 Okla. 72, 1915 Okla. LEXIS 241, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/wagoner-telephone-co-v-vermillion-okla-1915.