Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Johnson

The Western Union Telegraph Company has appealed from a judgment in favor of Lester Johnson for damages for the defendant’s alleged negligence in delaying the delivery of a telegram sent over defendant’s line from Glazier, Tex., to Comanche, Tex. The trial was without the intervention of a jury, and the trial judge has filed findings of fact and conclusions of law, which are as follows:

As conclusions of fact, I find:

“I. I find that the plaintiff, Lester Johnson, was the son of-Johnson, and that his said father resided in the city of Comanche Tex., and died at 2 o’clock p. m. on Tuesday, the…