Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Vann

This is an appeal from a ■ judgment awarding B. L. Vann $1,500 as damages against the Western Union Telegraph Company for failure to deliver to him a message from his wife filed with said company at Austin, Tex., about 7:20 p. m. on November 27, 1924, addressed to said B. L. Vann at Littlefield, Tex., advising him of the death of his mother. The message was never delivered to him. He first learned of the death of his mother after she was buried, through a newspaper report. The case was submitted to a jury on special issues and judgment entered upon their findings.

Appellant brings several…