Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Reeves

Opinion by

SHARP, C.

Plaintiff sought to recover of defendant exemplary damages in the sum of $1,750, and for mental anguish in the sum of $225, for failure to deliver, with reasonable dispatch and promptness, a death message sent plaintiff by her stepfather from Greenfield, Mo., on July 5, 1909. The petition charged, among other things:

“That-on the date of said message plaintiff’s mother died, and that said message was sent her by her stepfather at her request; that it was prepared and delivered to the defendant at its office in' Greenfield, Mo., at 11:20 a. m. o’clock on the 5th day of July,…