Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Shockley
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Young County. Tried below before Hon. A. H. Carrigan.
1Opinion of the Court
CONNER, Chief Justice.
Appellee sued in the District Court to recover damages in the sum of nineteen hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixty cents for the failure to seasonably deliver to him the following message: “To Fewt. Shockley, Graham, Texas. Your mother is dead. W. B. Shockley.” From a judgment in his favor in the sum of five hundred dollars this appeal has been prosecuted.
The principal complaint is that the court erred in refusing to give to the jury a requested peremptory instruction to find in appellant’s favor. The following facts seem undisputed: Appellee, who is the Newt…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SwearingenTexas Supreme Court · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SwearinginTexas Supreme Court · 1904
3Cited by11 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KilgoreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KerstenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Stewart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1913
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. MidgettCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913
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