Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pope

This is an action instituted by appellee against appellant to recover compensation for damages sustained by reason of alleged negligence in failing to promptly deliver a telegraphic message informing appellee of the serious illness of his wife. There was a former appeal of the case to this court (166 Ark. 122), and the judgment was reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial. The facts are set forth with accuracy and in detail in the former opinion, and it is unnecessary to narrate them again. The court, in the last trial, gave the particular instruction to the jury that was refused on…