Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Schade
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MAURY. Appeal from the. Circuit Court of Maury County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. —J. H. TURNER, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
Court.
This is a suit brought to recover of the telegraph company for an error in the transmission of an interstate message. The plaintiff recovered a substantial judgment in the circuit court, where the case was tried before a jury.
On appeal by the company, the court of civil appeals made suggestion of a remittitur of the recovery down to $50, which the plaintiff declined to adopt with result that the judgment in her favor' was reversed and the cause remanded to the circuit court for a new trial.
Both parties, being dissatisfied with rulings of the appellate court, have petitioned this court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Southern Express Co. v. ByersSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Denver & R. G. R. v. RodderCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- Gardner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KilgoreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Vaigneur v. Western Union Telegraph Co.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1940
- Edd v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1928
- Klotz v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1920
- McCollum v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1943
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