Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Carver

This suit was instituted and prosecuted to'a judgment for $1,500 against appellant by Nellie Carver, joined by her husband, H. A. Carver. The basis of the complaint against appellant was negligence in failing to deliver a telegram, directed to Mrs. Carver at Houston, Tex., from her brother at Témple, Tex., informing her that her mother was dying in Temple. The cause was submitted to a jury on special issues, and on the responses thereto judgment was rendered in favor of appellees for the sum hereinbefore indicated.

The facts show that about 10:30 o’clock on the morning of January 31, 1918, in…