Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Andrews
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Clay County; P. A. Martin, Judge. Action by John V. Andrews against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDunklin, J.
John V. Andrews recovered a judgment against the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company for $750 as damages for mental anguish alleged to have been sustained by him as the proximate result of the negligence of the defendant company in failing to transmit a telephone call which plaintiff’s brother, Will Andrews, attempted to send from Wills Point to Henrietta, plaintiff’s home. From that judgment the defendant company has appealed.
The call was put in by Will Andrews at Wills Point on September 16, 1913, and his purpose was to inform plaintiff, then residing at Henrietta, that his…
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