Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. Gotcher
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Hunt County. Gotcher sued the Telegraph and Telephone Company, and had judgment, which was affirmed on appeal by defendant, who thereupon obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
The father of Mrs. Gotcher, the wife of defendant in error, one Hartman, lived about six miles from Farmersville, in Collin County, and about twenty miles from Greenville, in Hunt County, and defendant in error lived with his wifé in the last named town. Between the two points plaintiff in error owned and operated a telephone line. A brother of Mrs. Gotcher died at the home of her father, and the latter sent one Spaugh to Farmersville with instructions to telephone or telegraph to Gotcher, advising him of the death of the boy and requesting him and his wife to come…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CarterTexas Supreme Court · 1893
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CoffinTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. EdmondsonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JeanesTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- American National Bank v. CrugerTexas Supreme Court · 1898
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. ReevesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. NorthcuttSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Mentzer v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HiceTexas Commission of Appeals · 1926
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. M'CaulTennessee Supreme Court · 1905
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