Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Feegles
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. J. Boykin, Special District Judge. This suit was brought originally by the appellee, D. C. Feegles, and his wife, jointly, to recover for pain and distress of mind caused by the alleged delay in the transmission and delivery of a message delivered to appellant’s agent at Malvern, Arkansas, by Mrs. E. A. Mahone, acting as agent of and for the benefit of appellee’s wife, to be transmitted to Fort Worth, Texas, and there delivered…
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Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. R. J. Boykin, Special District Judge. This suit was brought originally by the appellee, D. C. Feegles, and his wife, jointly, to recover for pain and distress of mind caused by the alleged delay in the transmission and delivery of a message delivered to appellant’s agent at Malvern, Arkansas, by Mrs. E. A. Mahone, acting as agent of and for the benefit of appellee’s wife, to be transmitted to Fort Worth, Texas, and there delivered to the wife of appellee, Mrs. S. A. Feegles, the verbiage of the message being: “Malvern, Ark., July 22, 1887. “ To S.…
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff’s petition charges that on the 22d and 23d days of July, 1887, his wife S. A. Feegles was at her home in Fort Worth, Texas, and on the same day her son by a former marriage, Lee Mahone, and his wife Bertha Mahone were residing in the town of *539Malvern, in the State of Arkansas; that on the night of July 20 of said year said Lee Mahone was fatally wounded in said town of Malvern, and he grew suddenly worse on the morning of the 22d day of said month; that before that time the wife of plaintiff had requested the wife of her son to promptly notify his mother of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. EdsallTexas Supreme Court · 1889
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KirkpatrickTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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