Myers v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

(After setting forth the foregoing facts.)

It is argued by counsel for the telegraph company that the expenses incurred by the plaintiffs for the trip to Fayetteville were the result of their own negligence and were not proximately caused by any negligence of the telegraph company. We can not agree with this contention. As we view the case, conceding that the plaintiffs were negligent in not examining the telegrams in their possession before leaving Atlanta for the trip to Tennessee, the negligence of the telegraph company in not promptly delivering the last telegram from Moores to Myers,…