Case Name: Western Union Tel. Co. v. F. R. Lively et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1891-01-19
Citations: 4 Willson 291
Docket Number: No. 3000
Parties: Western Union Tel. Co. v. F. R. Lively et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals
Volume: 4
Pages: 291–291

Head Matter:
Western Union Tel. Co. v. F. R. Lively et al.
(No. 3000.)
Appeal from Montague County.
(Transferred from Austin.)
J. M. O’Neill and R. P. Willing, counsel for appellant.
No counsel appeared for appellee.
January 19, 1891.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Will-son, J.
§ 192. Judgment by default; special damages not recoverable unless, etc. Appellees recovered judgment by default against appellant for $500, damages for failure to transmit and deliver a telegram for them to one House. Held: The damages claimed are special, such as would •not naturally and proximately result from a breach of the contract — not such as would reasonably be in the contemplation of appellant. To entitle appellees to a judgment for such damages, it devolved upon them to both allege and prove that, at the time of delivering the telegram to be transmitted, appellant had knowledge that a failure to transmit and deliver the same might result in causing such special damages to appellees. [Tel. Co. v. McKinney, 2 App. C. C., § 645, 646.] It is not so alleged in the petition, and the judgment is therefore erroneous.
Reversed and remanded.