Texas Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Seiders

COLLARD, Associate Justice.

— This is an action by the appellee, John Seiders, of San Saba, Texas, against the Texas Telegraph and Telephone Company for damages for alleged failure to transmit from its office in Austin, Texas, to San Saba, Texas, and deliver to plaintiff the following message, alleged to have been received by the defendant’s agent at Austin, Texas, and who contracted to send and deliver the same to plaintiff: “Doctor says father won’t live till morning. Come at once.” The petition alleges that defendant, as a corporation, owns and operates a telegraph line from Austin to San…