Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Brown

Appellees, Leo Brown and Antonio Brown, sued appellant to recover damages in the sum of $2,500 for alleged failure to promptly transmit and deliver two telegraph messages filed at Trinity, Tex., addressed to appellees at Lufkin, Tex., signed by J. E. Brown, their brother, concerning the illness of their father, Warren Brown. Ap-pellees alleged that on July 6, 1923, J. E. Brown filed with appellant, at Trinity, Tex., and paid all charges for transmission and delivery, the following telegram:

“Trinity, Texas, July 6, 1923.

“Leo and Antonio Brown, Care Lufkin Foundry, Lufkin, Texas. Papa calls for…