Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Luck
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 26, 1897No. 572PublishedCited by 35 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth District, in an appeal from Maverick County.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
We copy the facts as found by the Court of Civil Appeals:
The following telegram was, on August 3, 1891, delivered by transmission from San Antonio to Eagle Pass, at 8 o’clock, p. m., and received at Eagle Pass at about 9:25 p. m.
“To Bertha Wincker, care A. J. Ladner, Eagle Pass.
“Luck is very sick; come home at once.
“Mina Luck.”
Mina Luck was the wife of the sick man, and Bertha was her daughter. The latter, if the message had been delivered before 2:25 a. m., could have taken the train that left at that hour for San Antonio and arrived there the same morning, in time…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CarterTexas Supreme Court · 1893
- Rowell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CoffinTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. NationsTexas Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by35 opinions
- S. H. Kress & Co. v. SelphCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1952
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. NorthcuttSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AyersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1901
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1903
- Pioneer Savings & Loan Co. v. Peck & FlyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1898
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