Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Koonce
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Forest county. Hon. Paul B. Johnson, Judge. ' Suit by G-. B. Koonce, Sr., against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendánt appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The appellee, Gr. B. Koonce, Sr., recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Forest county for one thousand and five hundred dollars against the appellant Western Union Telegraph Company, as punitive damages for the alleged -willful negligence and insulting conduct of the appellant’s agents in handling a money order telegram from' Hattiesburg, Miss., to Caldwell, *174Tex.; and from this judgment the telegraph company appeals here.
The facts in this case, as disclosed by the record, briefly stated, are: That the appellee, Koonce, on Jnne 27, 1914, called at the Hattiesburg office of the appellant…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. RogersMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
- Miss. & Tenn. R. R. v. GillMississippi Supreme Court · 1888
- Duncan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1908
- Illinois Central Railroad v. Brookhaven Machine Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1893
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. RagsdaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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