Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Williams
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 23, 1909PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the County Court of Freestone County. Tried below before Hon. John Terry.
1Opinion of the Court
BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.
Appellee J. H. Williams, a resident of Freestone County, Texas, on July 23, 1908, brought suit against appellant, Western TJnion Telegraph Company, for the nondelivery of the following telegram:
"Rockwall, Texas, 7-23-1907.
To R. H. Waldrop, Teague, Texas.
Rent building if you think best. (Signed) J. H. Williams.”
It was alleged that on the 23d of July, 1907, appellee was the owner and -is still the owner of lot Ho. 17, in block Ho. 94, in the town of Teague, Texas, and a certain storehouse situated thereon; tliat on said last mentioned date appellee had an agent, to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Kramer v. Wolf Cigar Stores Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1906
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JeanesTexas Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by4 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SightsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Levy Bros. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KitchenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SweeneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1934