Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Parham

This suit was instituted by the appellee to recover damages alleged to have been sustained on account of the failure of the appellant to properly transmit and deliver to appellee’s wife, Mrs. Fannie Parham, a telegram announcing the death of her father, by reason of which she was prevented from attending his funeral. The case was submitted to this court and an opinion rendered November SO, 1912, reversing the judgment and remanding the cause for a new trial. To that opinion, which is reported in 152 S. W. 819, we here now refer for a full statement of the nature of the case, the questions…