Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nordyke

The relator, the Western Union Telegraph Company on May 23, 1927, filed a petition for mandamus in the district court of Lubbock, county, Tex., complaining of the respondents, Charles Nordyke, county judge of said county and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Freeland, husband and wife.

The record discloses that on January 3, 1927, Mrs. J. A. Freeland, joined by her husband, J. A. Freeland, instituted a suit in the county court of Lubbock county, Tex., of which county Charles Nordyke is county judge, to recover $1,000 damages for the alleged negligence of the Western Union Telegraph Company, for its failure…