Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Briscoe

Henley, J. —

At about the hour of 7 o’clock on the morning of November 4,1895, one Phillip Briscoe, a brother of the appellee, placed in the hands of the appellant’s agent at Morgansfield, Kentucky, a message directed to appellee, which message was as follows: “Morgansfield, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 1895. Sam Briscoe, Carpenter, Bloomington, Indiana — Your mother died at two this morning. Come immediately. Answer. Philip Briscoe.”

The sender paid the charges for sending the message at the time it was placed in the hands of appellant’s agent at Morgansfield, Kentucky, and said. agent transmitted the…