Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Andrews
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before Hon. H. 0. Head. This suit is brought by the appellee, W. M. Andrews, to recover of the appellant §5000 actual and §5000 exemplary damages arising from a delay in the delivery of a message sent by appellee to T. G-. Andrews, at Jacksonville, Texas, on the 23rd day of January, 1888. Andrews then resided at Greenville, Texas, and received from Jacksonville, Texas, on the 22nd day of January, 1888, a message from W. M. English, as follows:…
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Appeal from Hunt. Tried below before Hon. H. 0. Head. This suit is brought by the appellee, W. M. Andrews, to recover of the appellant §5000 actual and §5000 exemplary damages arising from a delay in the delivery of a message sent by appellee to T. G-. Andrews, at Jacksonville, Texas, on the 23rd day of January, 1888. Andrews then resided at Greenville, Texas, and received from Jacksonville, Texas, on the 22nd day of January, 1888, a message from W. M. English, as follows: “Gome on first train. Your mother fell dead.” Appellee took the first train leaving Greenville for Jacksonville.…
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBY, Judge.
There is error, we think, in the judgment rendered in the7court below. W. M. Andrews, the appellee in this case, resided in the town of Greenville, Texas. His mother died in the town of Jacksonville, Texas, on the 22d of January, 1888, a few minutes after 5 o’clock in the evening. At about 11 o’clock that night he received the following message, sent from W.JML- English from Jacksonville: “'Gome on first train. Your mother fell dead.” The first train which could have taken him to Jacksonville after the receipt of the message left Greenville between 4 and 5 o’clock p. m. on…
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