Johnson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

LIGHTFOOT, Chief Justice.

Appellant’s statement of the case is adopted, as follows:

“J. R. Johnson, appellant, instituted this suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company, defendant, to recover damages for its delay in delivering a telegram sent by the plaintiff to his wife. The petition of the plaintiff, in addition to formal allegations, read as follows: ‘That during the month of October, 1890, defendant was operating a telegraph line in the said city of Dallas, in said county, to the cities of Kansas City and St. Joseph, in the State of Missouri, and for hire transmitted telegrams for…