Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Bagley & Co.

Bagley & Company, the appellee, is engaged in the cotton business in Memphis, Tennessee. L. A. Waddell was employed by appellee as a cotton buyer for its Memphis 'branch. On the 30th day of September, 1926, Waddell, representing Bagley & Company in Arkansas, purchased 132 bales of cotton from different parties in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, and, late the same afternoon, called the central office of the appellant at Brinkley, and told the operator that he wanted to talk to A. T. LeFils at Memphis. After making repeated inquiries, Waddell was informed by the operator that he was connected with Mr.…