Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Allen
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Bryan County; D. A. Richardson, Judge. Action by Charles R. Allen against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
AMES, C.
This is an action brought by Charles R. Allen, as plaintiff, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, as defendant, to recover damages for failure to deliver a telegram sent to Allen at Hawarden, Iowa, by one Moore from Pauls Valley, Okla. The plaintiff recovered judgment in the trial court, and the defendant brings the cause to this court by petition in error.
The facts are substantially as follows: About the 1st of August, 1908, the plaintiff, who was then a resident of ITawarden, Iowa, was in Pauls Valley, Okla., where he met E. M. Moore, a real estate agent of that…
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