Smith v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. of Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Error to Court of Civil. Appeals of Fifth Supreme Judicial District. Action by J. Mayrant Smith against the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Texas. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtRamsey, J.
This was a suit by J. May-rant Smith filed in the district court of Dallas county for damages against the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company of Texas on account of its negligence in failing to deliver promptly the following telegram: “Belton, Texas, November 25, 1904. Mrs. J. Mayrant Smith, care Oriental Oil Company, Dallas, Texas. Dave died this morning three o’clock. Will make all arrangements. (Signed) Wm. Thatcher.” The relationship of all the parties was averred in the petition, and further that, while on a visit to David Terry, the deceased, an inmate of the Confederate Home at Austin, it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KuykendallTexas Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by6 opinions
- Nicholson v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. of Texas v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WinterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1916
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