Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Schoonmaker
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; C. B. Hudspeth, Judge. Action by D. W. Schoonmaker against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWalthall, J.
This suit was brought by appellee, D. W. Schoonmaker, for damages, actual and exemplary, which he alleged he had suffered by reason of the alleged failure on the part of appellant, Western Union Telegraph Company, to promptly deliver the following telegram, sent by J. W. Fleming, acting for and in behalf of his son, James C. Schoonmaker, from Silver City, N. M., to El Paso, Tex., said telegram being designed as a day message, and being in words and figures, following;
“May 25, 1915. Mr. Schoonmaker, c/o Mayor Kelly, El Paso, Texas. Your son Jim is very ill. Not expected to recover. [Signed] J.…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. CarlSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. HarrimanSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. HookerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
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