Legal Opinion
Bank of Havelock v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 16, 1905No. 2,143PublishedCited by 23 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs constituted a copartnership under the. title of the “Bank of Havelock," and they sued the *524Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation, for damages in the sum of $3,500, because it received by telephone from some one at Denison, in the state of Iowa, who had no right to send it, and delivered to the plaintiffs, this telegram:
“Dated Denison, Iowa, Feb. 28, 1902.
“To tbe Bank of Havelock: We will pay Barnes’ draft for thirty-five hundred. Bank of Denison.
At the time this telegram was received the plaintiffs had a chattel mortgage on some cattle of the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Elwood v. . the Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Commissioners of Marion County v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- North Pennsylvania Railroad v. Commercial Bank of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Rice v. . ManleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Spann v. Commercial Standard Ins. Co. of Dallas, Tex.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
- United States v. Henry W. Matthews and Nettie Matthews, Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of Yuba Livestock Auction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- A. Santaella & Co. v. Otto F. Lange Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- Isbell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Ted Browne Music Co. v. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
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