Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Blake

NEILL, Associate Justice.

“Cotton Plant, Ark., Jan. 13, 1901.— To Jackson Blake, Paris, Texas: Grandma low sick. - Come at once. John T. Blake.”

The above telegram was on the day of its date delivered by John T. Blake, as the agent of and for the benefit of the sender, to appellant at its office in Cotton Plant, State of Arkansas, for transmission and delivery- to Jackson Blake, at Paris, Lamar County, Texas. Though the company accepted the message and received pay for its .transmission and delivery, it was in fact never transmitted, nor wirded from Cotton Plant, but remained in the company’s…