Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Conditt

Appellee filed this suit on March 6, 1919, seeking to recover damages of appellant for mental anguish and grief suffered by hint as the result of the alleged negligence of appellant and its .agents in not delivering a message filed at Athens, Tex., on November 3, 1918, for transmission and delivery to appellee at Hillsboro, Tex., announcing the death of appellee’s brother. Appellant answered by plea to the jurisdiction of the court, alleging that plaintiff’s petition presented a cause of action solely against the government of the United States, of which the district court of Hill county had…