Askew v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for mental anguish, alleged to have been caused by the negligent delay of the defendant in delivering a telegram which was sent by Ernest Askew, who lived in New York, to the plaintiff, who lived in this State, announcing that the latter’s son, Johnnie Askew, was then dying. It was, therefore, an interstate telegram. As appears in the record, the plaintiff sought to recover damages for mental anguish only, and the case, therefore, is governed by the recent decisions in Norris v. Telegraph Co. and Bateman v. Telegraph Co., both decided at this term.…