Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Clark

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

The following telegram was sent at the instance of Mrs. Ellen Standley from Bridgeport, Texas, to her mother, Mrs. Mary Clark, at Duncan, Indian Territory: “I am sick. Come.”

Mrs. Clark lived with her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Studebaker, at Duncan, but at the time the message was sent and received at appellant’s office in Duncan, was temporarily absent, and had been for two or three days, visiting relatives a few miles in the country. Mrs. Standley also lived in the country about twelve miles from Bridgeport.

The telegram was sent on the morning of July 2, and Mrs.…