THOMPSON v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO.

No. 53980.

451 S.W.2d 147 (1970)

Charles L. THOMPSON and Dorothy Thompson, Appellants, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied March 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall & Littmann, Richard M. Marshall, Clayton, for appellants.

John Mohler, Edgar Mayfield, John D. Rahoy, St. Louis, for respondent, Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.; Wayne E. Babler, St. Louis, of counsel.


Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied March 9, 1970.

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

The plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, in their amended prayer for damages, sued defendant for a total of $78,756.93 for fire damage to their residence and its contents. The negligence charged against defendant is its failure to transmit Mrs. Thompson's telephoned notification of the fire to the fire department of the city of Frontenac. The verdict and judgment...

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