Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Schriver
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action against the Western Union Telegraph Company for damages caused by its receipt and delivery of an unauthorized message. There was substantial evidence at the trial of these facts: Schriver Bros., the plaintiffs below, sold cattle to one Barnes for $8,972, and took his check for the purchase price upon the Bank of Denison for that amount. They refused to surrender the cattle without some assurance that the check would be paid. Barnes promised that he would have the Bank of Denison send a guaranty of payment of the check by telegraph. The plaintiffs…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Savings Bank v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Tyler v. SavageSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Friedlander v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
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- Walker v. Queen Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Scott v. AbbottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
- Wells v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Crowder v. Allen-West Commission Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
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