Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Honeycutt

O’QUINN. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee J. A. Honeycutt for the sum of $1,250, as damages for mental anguish suffered by his wife, Mrs. Inez Honeycutt, due to the negligent failure of appellant to correctly transmit and promptly deliver to her a certain telegram informing her that her mother was seriously ill and not expected to live.

There is practically no dispute as to the facts. On February 11, 1920, Buck Simpson sent the following message from Batesville, Tex., to Mrs. Inez Honeycutt, wife of appellee J. A. Honeycutt, at Hemphill, Tex.:

“Batesville, Texas,…