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Texas Power and Light Company v. Holder

Supreme Court of Texas
Oct 6, 1965
393 S.W.2d 821 (Tex. 1965)

Summary

defining invitee as "a person who goes on the premises of another in answer to the express or implied invitation of the owner or occupant on the business of the owner or the occupant or for their mutual advantage."

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Opinion

No. A-10645.

July 14, 1965. Rehearing Denied October 6, 1965.

Burford, Ryburn Ford, Wayne Pearson and Robert E. Burns, Dallas, for petitioner.

Howard S. Smith, Sulphur Springs, Joe H. Tonahill, Jasper, Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell Miller, L. P. Bickel, Dallas, for respondents.


It is the opinion of the Court that the judgments of the trial court and the Court of Civil Appeals are correct. 385 S.W.2d 873. This action is not, however, to be taken as an approval of the dictum in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals that lines along a street or highway must be twenty-two feet above the ground. The application is refused, no reversible error. Rule 483, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.


Summaries of

Texas Power and Light Company v. Holder

Supreme Court of Texas
Oct 6, 1965
393 S.W.2d 821 (Tex. 1965)

defining invitee as "a person who goes on the premises of another in answer to the express or implied invitation of the owner or occupant on the business of the owner or the occupant or for their mutual advantage."

Summary of this case from Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Axis Surplus Ins. Co.
Case details for

Texas Power and Light Company v. Holder

Case Details

Full title:TEXAS POWER LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. F. M. HOLDER et al., Respondents

Court:Supreme Court of Texas

Date published: Oct 6, 1965

Citations

393 S.W.2d 821 (Tex. 1965)

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