Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Boegli
Indiana Supreme Court
From Allen Circuit Court; J. W. Eggeman, Judge._ Action by Peter Boegli against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
Appellee recovered a judgment in the trial court for a penalty. The action is based on a statute of this state which imposes a penalty on telegraph companies for failure to deliver telegrams with impartiality and good faith and in the order of time in which they are received. §§5780, 5781 Burns 1914, Acts 1885 p. 151.
The telegram which the company, as alleged, failed to deliver with impartiality and good faith and in the order in which it was received was an interstate message sent by the agent of appellee in Chicago to appellee at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
By the act of Congress of Juné 18, 1910,…
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