So Relle v. W. U. Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 55 Tex. 308
• 1881 Tex. LEXIS 121

Syllabus

<p>1. Damages — Pleadings.— Such actual damages as result naturally from an act complained of may be recovered under a general averment of damages. Subject to this rule will be reckoned the damages caused by the disappointment and regret resulting to a son from the willful failure of a telegraph company to deliver a message announcing the death of his mother, whereby he was prevented from being present at her burial.</p>