Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Rogers

Appellee brought this action against appellant in the county court of Lauderdale county to recover actual and punitive damages alleged to have been suffered by her because of appellant’s failure to transmit and deliver a death message to her within a reasonable time. The declaration charged that the delay resulted from willfulness or gross negligence on the part of appellant. There was a recovery in the sum of two hundred dollars. From that judgment appellant appealed to the circuit court of the county, where the judgment was affirmed. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

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