Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Barkley

HODGES, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the appellees against the -appellants, The Western Union Telegraph Company and The Texas Mexican Eailway Company, for damages claimed as the result of a failure to deliver a telegraphic message. The evidence shows that on the morning of April 3, 1905, L. M. Barkley, for the benefit of the firm of Barkley &. Thomas, appellees, filed with The Western Union Telegraph Company at Fort Worth the following telegram addressed to C. K. Thomas at Hebbronville,' Texas: “Buy horses. Ship at once. Other parties after them. Confidential.…