Western Union Telegraph Co. v. McDavid
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Taylor County Court; B. M. Overshiner, Judge. Action by Alan McDavid against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Appellee recovered a judgment in the sum of $250 on the ground of negligence on appellant's part in the failure to correctly transmit a telegram from Abilene, in the state of Texas, to New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana. The court specifically found that appellant's transmitting agent at Abilene was guilty of negligence as charged, and it is not questioned that as a proximate result thereof appellee was damaged in the amount of the judgment.
The telegram was written upon one of appellant's blank forms on the back of which, among other provisions, was one to the effect that the appellant…
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- Hart v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
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