Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kitchen

This suit was brought by the appellees against the appellant to recover damages for mental anguish suffered by Mrs. Kitchen and alleged to have been 'caused by the negligent failure of appellant to deliver a telegram informing her of the death of her sister, and thereby preventing her from attending her sister’s funeral and burial.

The following sufficient statement of the substance of plaintiffs’ petition is copied from appellees’ brief:

“Plaintiff alleged that on the 17th day of July, 1920, her sister, Mrs. Will Evans, then residing in the city of Port Worth, was very ill, and her husband,…