Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Hartfield
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; W. P. Hamblen, Judge. Action by Thos. Hartfield and wife against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJambs, C. J.
The action was for damages' alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. Hart-field as the result of delay in the delivery of a telegram filed for transmission at New Orleans, La., addressed to Mrs. Jessie Hart-field at Houston, Tex., dated October 2, 1909, reading as follows: “Bean died this morning at 4:40. [Signed] Joe.” Bean was the uncle of the addressee, and it was his funeral she failed to attend as the result of the failure to deliver the telegram at Houston until the next morning about 10:10, although it reached Houston about 5 p. m. of the 2d, and in time for her to have taken that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen v. DeeTexas Supreme Court · 1908
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
- Harrison v. LittlefieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1909
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