Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Carter

CCHEER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the appellee in the sum of $750 as damages for the failure to transmit and deliver the following telegram: “Duncan, I. T., February 21, 1899. To J. L. Carter, Woodbine, via Gainesville, Texas: Your sister is very sick. "Come at once. J. T. Honea.”

Appellant had an office and telegraph station at Duncan, Indian Territory, and in Gainesville, Texas, but none at Woodbine. Woodbine was an inland village about eight or ten miles from Gainesville, and J. L. Carter lived a mile and a half distant therefrom. J. T. Honea was the…