Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Jackson

KEY, Associate Justice.

Appellee sued appellant for damages resulting from the failure to deliver a telegraph message announcing the serious illness of his mother, who died a few days after the message was delivered to appellant. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and judgment rendered for appellee for $1000.

There seems to be no testimony in the record supporting the finding that the plaintiff’s sister Alice was insane before the mother’s death, and that .plaintiff’s mother and sister were dependent on the charity of the neighbors, and that plaintiff was called Mr. Jackson in…