Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Beasley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County; J. J. Curtis, Judge. Action by W. H. Beasley against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County; J. J. Curtis, Judge. Action by W. H. Beasley against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeals. Transferred from Court of Appeals under section 6, Acts 1911, p. 449. The counts of the complaint are as follows; Count I. Plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $1,500 damages for that heretofore, on. to wit, April S, 1918, defendant was engaged in receiving, transmitting, and delivering messages by wire or electricity from and between Oakman, Walker county, Ala., and Carbon Hill, Walker county, Ala.;…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
The action was for damages instituted by W. H. Beasley against the Western Union Telegraph Company for failure in due transmission and delivery of a message. Submission was had on counts 1 and 2, to which defendant replied “Not guilty,” and by a denial of “all the allegations of each of said counts.”
The evidence for plaintiff- is as follows: That his half-brother, P. E. Day, lived with plaintiff’s mother a.t Oakman, Ala., at the time of her death and prior thereto; that plaintiff had agreed with said Day that, in event she “got worse, he [Day] would tele■graph plaintiff”; that she became…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SpeightSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Kirmeyer v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Webb v. J. G. White Engineering CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
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