Legal Opinion
Krivitsky & Cohen, Inc.v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
City of New York Municipal Court
Decided April 27, 1927PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeary, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for gross negligence in failing to transmit a telegram filed with the latter. The telegram in question was an “ unrepeated ” night letter for which the plaintiff paid to the defendant a toll charge of seventy-two cents.
The plaintiff is in the fur business in the city of New York, and on or about the 4th day of February, 1926, in response to an offer from Henry P. Mirandona & Co. of New Orleans, La., to sell certain fur skins, the plaintiff delivered to the defendant for transmission, a message in writing, as follows:
*432“ Henry P.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Draper v. Oswego County Fire Relief Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1907
- Clark v. . WestNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CzizekSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Weld v. . Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Waugh v. LennardArizona Supreme Court · 1949
- St. Vincent's Medical Center v. Vincent E. Iorio, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1974
- MacDonald v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1941
- Cohen v. Varig AirlinesAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1976