Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Thompson

Appellee filed this suit in the Sixty-Fifth district court of El Paso county, Tex., for damages on account of the failure of appellant’s agents to deliver to him a telegram relating to his employment. Appellee alleged that he had been negotiating with J. Doug. Morgan, manager and owner of the J. Doug. Morgan Shows, and that the negotiations had resulted in Morgan’s employing appellee as press agent for his show for a period of one year at a salary of $50 per week; that, in pursuance of the said negotiations, it was agreed that J. Doug. Morgan would wire transportation to appellee from El Paso…