Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kerr

WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee, against appellant, for damages for negligent failure of the latter to deliver a telegraphic dispatch. The circumstances out of which the action arose were as follows: Dr. Kerr, the husband of appellee, was ill at his home at Waelder, Texas, and had secured the services of Dr. Jones, of Gonzales, as his physician. Dr. Jones had visited Dr. Kerr, and had prescribed a course of treatment, and had returned to his home at Gonzales, leaving Dr. Henderson, of Waelder, in charge of the patient, with directions to…