Mees v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

RITTER, District Judge.

This eause comes on to be heard upon the demurrer of the defendant to the declaration, on the ground that tho same fails to state a cause of action. The declaration was filed in the circuit court of the Eleventh judicial circuit of Florida in and for Dade county, and brought to this court by the defendant.

The cause of action stated in the declaration is, in short, that she received telegrams announcing tho death of her husband in Sandusky, Ohio. She sent a telegram to Mrs. Harry Farrell in said place, as follows: “Wire us fare will leave at once hold body.” This message…