Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Seguin Farmers' Union Gin Co.

Appellee sued appellant for $2,986.33, damages alleged to have been sustained by appellee on account of the negligent failure of appellant to deliver a message concerning a cotton transaction. The cause was submitted to a jury upon special issues, upon the answers to which a judgment was rendered in favor of appellee for $1,780.99. The transaction occurred in September, 1920.

Appellee, gin company, was engaged in selling cotton, and Anderson, Clayton & Co., cotton buyers at Houston, was apparently its principal customer. The two companies were dealing with each other under a written contract,…