Dodson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lawrence county. Hon. [Robert L. Bullard, Judge. Dodson, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; the telegraph company, appellee, was defendant there. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, predicated of a peremptory instruction, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
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From the circuit court of Lawrence county. Hon. [Robert L. Bullard, Judge. Dodson, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; the telegraph company, appellee, was defendant there. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, predicated of a peremptory instruction, the plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The facts as stated by Anderson, J., are as follows: “This is a suit by the appellant, Dodson, against the appellee, Western Union Telegraph Company, for damages for failure to deliver a telegram. The, court below gave a peremptory instruction to the jury to find for the telegraph company,…
1Opinion of the Court · AndersonAnderson, J.
Code 1906, § 3127, is as follows: “The limitation prescribed in this chapter shall not be changed in any way whatsoever by contract between parties, and any changes in such limitations made by any contract stipulation whatsoever shall be absolutely null and void; the object of this statute being to make the period of limitations for the various causes of action the same for all litigants.” Nor the first time, this statute appears in the Code of 1906. Nor the appellant, the contention is made that it condemns the stipulation in question; for the appellees, that it does not, because, on the…
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Eubanks & RussellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Southern Express Co. v. HunnicuttMississippi Supreme Court · 1877
- Davis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
- Kirby v. Western Union Telegraph Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1893
- Pacific Telegraph Co. v. UnderwoodNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
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