Legal Opinion

Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 3, 1917No. 2971Published

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; William T. Newman, Judge. Suit by the Western Union Telegraph Company against the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. Decree dismissing the bill (233 Fed. 605), and plaintiff: appeals.

1Per curiam

Following rulings made in the case of Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 238 Fed. 26, - C. C. A. — (present term, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit), and Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Atlanta & West Point R. Co., 238 Fed. 36, - C. C. A. - (present term, U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit), the decree appealed from in the above-entitled case will be modified, by adding thereto an order that the appellant have leave to amend its bill of complaint, as it may be advised, within 30 days after the date of the filing in the District Court of the mandate…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & N. R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1917
  2. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Atlanta & W. P. R.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1917

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