Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Stiles

BROWN, Associate Justice.

The following statement and question have been certified to this court by the Court of Civil Appeals of the First Supreme Judicial District:

“In this case plaintiff sues to recover damages for grief suffered by her in consequence of the negligent failure of defendant to deliver in proper time a telegram from her sick brother, notifying her of his serious-sickness and requesting her to go to him, on account of which default on defendant’s part, plaintiff was deprived of the opportunity of getting to her brother before his death.

“The dispatch was sent several days before…