Legal Opinion
Beasley v. Western Union Tel. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Texas
Decided May 29, 1889PublishedCited by 7 opinions
At Law. Action for damages.
1Opinion of the Court
Maxey, J.,
(charging jury.) The plaintiff, Robert Beasley, brings this suit to recover damages of the defendant for the failure to deliver a telegram to him at Wallis, a station on the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass Railway. The message, alleged in the petition to have been delivered by Miss Annie Melas, as agent of plaintiff, to the defendant’s operator at San Antonio for transmission, is set out as follows:
“San Antonio, Texas, January II, 1888.
“To Robert Beasley, News Agent, 8. A. & A. P. Ry. train, Wallis, Texas: “Dell is worse, come at once.
[Signed] “Sister Annie.”
The telegram has reference…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Stuart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1885
- So Relle v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1881
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CarewMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
- Gulf, C. & Santa Fe R'y Co. v. LevyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- Womack v. W. U. Tel. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1882
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Carland v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Siats v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- Taylor v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Moss & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Gahan v. Western Union Tel. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota · 1894
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