Wille v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harman, C.:

This appeal presents the question whether an advertiser can recover damages for negligence or breach of contract from a telephone company for an omission in the yellow pages of a telephone directory when the contract entered into by the parties limits the company’s liability for errors and omissions to an amount equal to the cost of the advertisement. The trial court granted summary judgment for the telephone company and the advertiser has appealed.

The facts, as revealed by the pleadings and appellant’s deposition, are undisputed. Appellant…