Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Martin

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court of Muskogee county which was entered on the 15th day of June, 1938, in favor of Loyd Martin, administrator of the estate of Lila Martin, deceased, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation, as defendant. The judgment was based upon two causes of action: One for conscious pain and suffering and the other for wrongful death. Position of the parties here is the reverse of that occupied in the trial court. We will hereinafter refer to them as they appeared below. The parties waived a jury and tried the cause to the court. The…