Thompson v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

The plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, in their amended prayer for damages, sued defendant for a total of $78,756.93 for fire damage to their residence and its contents. The negligence charged against defendant is its failure to transmit Mrs. Thompson’s telephoned notification of the fire to the fire department of the city of Frontenac. The verdict and judgment upon plaintiffs’ claim were for defendant, and the basic issue presented is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the giving of the contributory negligence Instruction No. 5 that Mrs. Thompson…