Texas Supreme Court November 4, 1908, No. 1863. (Landry v. Western Union Telegraph Co.)

Mr. Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

Ida Landry sued the Western Union Telegraph Company to recover damages for the negligent failure to’ promptly transmit and deliver the following message, which was sent from Ganahl, Texas, dated on the first day of March, 1905, and was delivered at the office of the telegraph company at

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o’clock á. m.: “Sam Roundtree, Schreiver,. La.