Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Sorsby

GILL, Associate Justice.

J. B. Sorsby sued the appellant tele-i graph company for damages for failure to promptly transmit and deliver a telegram sent by W. Boulware on March 22, 1901, from Waller, Texas, to Sloan Jemison at Angleton, Texas, for plaintiff’s benefit. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1000, from which the defendant has appealed.

The message was as follows: “Sloan Jemison, Angleton, Texas': Tell Jim Sorsby come at once. Johnny very low. Answer. W. Boulware.”

It was delivered to defendant’s agent at Waller on the evening of March 22, 1901, for…