Beggs v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. Wilham C. Johns, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Philbrick
The declaration is in trespass on the case for failure to deliver a telegram; judgment below was against appellant for $1,125.
The declaration on which this case was finally tried consisted of four counts. The first count alleged that defendant owned and operated a line of telegraph from Decatur, Illinois, to Chicago, Illinois, for hire, etc., and that it became and was the duty of appellant to send all messages offered to it for delivery from Decatur, Illinois, to Chicago, Illinois, in such time as was required by the sender of such message; that appellee was possessed of a large quantity one…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Penn v. BornmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Inter-Ocean Publishing Co. v. Associated PressIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. SimonIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Fields v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- People ex rel. Cairo Telephone Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Beggs v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1912