Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Phillips

HALL, O. J.

The appellee, Phillips, sued the appellant to recover damages in the sum of $1,000 for alleged negligence on the part of appellant in failing to promptly transmit and deliver a message to him, announcing the death of a relative near Marlin, Tex..

The first contention to be considered is predicated upon the misconduct of the jury in returning a quotient verdict. One ground of the matiom for new trial is that, in arriving at their verdict, the jurors entered into an agreement whereby each man was to take a slip of paper and write thereon the amount of damages which he thought the…