Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Williams

Appellant makes a_ statement of the cause, which the appellee adopts as substantially correct, as follows:

“This suit was brought by Mrs. Mollie P. Williams, joined pro forma by her husband, J. C. Williams, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation, and is predicated upon the alleged hegligence of the defendant in failing promptly to deliver two certain telegrams described in the original petition, which failure was alleged to have prevented the plaintiff from attending the funeral of her father.

“It is alleged in said petition that on or about April 19, 1924, one Robert Pain,…