Western Union Telegraph Co. v. T. C. Davis Cotton Co.

This is an action instituted by appellee against appellant to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of negligence in the transmission of a telegraphic message from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Blytheville, Arkansas. Appellee is described in the complaint merely as ‘ ‘ T. C. Davis 'Cotton Company, plaintiff, ’ ’ without stating whether the plaintiff is a corporation or a partnership or an individual. No objection, however, was raised concerning the right of appellee to sue. Appellant answered, and went to trial upon the issues of fact, and there was a verdict in-appellee’s…