Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Czizek
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 10, 1924No. 300PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit against the Telegraph Company for failure to forward and deliver to the plaintiff a message from one Jones, found by the Court below to have been acting as agent for the plaintiff in the matter. The District Court found for the defendant, but the judgment was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, 272 Fed. 223, and at a second trial, in deference to the Circuit Court of Appeals, a judgment was entered for the plaintiff, which was affirmed. 286 Fed. 478. Certiorari granted. 262 U. S. 739.
The plaintiff owned fifty shares of stock in the Idaho National Bank at Boise, Idaho.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Czizek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1921
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Ivy Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company and New York Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. ChattersSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- White v. HigginsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PriesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Kerr Steamship Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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