Jones v. Cumb. Tel. & Tel. Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

This action was brought by the appellant against the appellee company to recover damages for its failure to furnish telephone connection for the transmission of a message informing him of the death of his son. The lower court sustained a general demurrer to the petition as amended, and the only question before us on this appeal is, did the petition as amended state a cause of action?

It averred that the appellant’s son was a prisoner in the Eddyville State Penitentiary, and was confined in the hospital suffering from a serious attack of typhoid…