Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Tidmore

HALL, Chief Justice.

The appellees, as' plaintiffs, residing in Castro county, Tex., near the town of Flagg, filed this suit against the appellant telegraph company, alleging: That Mrs. Tidmore’s father resided near Pilot Point, Tex.; that he had been in failing health, and died about 8 o’clock a. m., October 14, 1930; that on said day Dr. Harris, who had been attending the deceased, upon request of the appellees’ agent, filed with appellant a telegram addressed to Mrs. Tidmore at Dimmitt, to be transmitted from there by telephone to her at Flagg; that appellant’s agent informed Dr; Harris…