Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Brooks

This suit was instituted by appellee to recover damages from the appellant for the negligent failure of appellant to transmit to her son, Richard T. Brooks, who was then at Bastrop, Tex., the sum of $16.26, according to contract, which said sum was delivered by appellee to appellant’s agent at Paris, Tex. The petition alleges:

“That at the time she delivered to defendant at Paris, Tex., the money aforesaid she fully informed the defendant through its said agent there in charge of the office, transacting the business of the defendant, and who received said money and made said contract, that her…