Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Bailey
Texas Supreme Court
Motion for rehearing of application for writ of error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Sixth District, in an appeal from Bowie County. Bailey sued the telegraph company and recovered. The company, appealing, on affirmance of the judgment applied for writ of error. This opinion was pronounced on applicant’s motion for a rehearing on its application, which had been refused.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Phillips
The material question presented by the case is, in substance, whether the legislation of Congress, subjecting telegraph companies engaged in interstate business to the Interstate Commerce Act for certain purposes, has the effect of superseding all State laws as to the damages recoverable for a negligent failure to deliver an interstate message, and as to the right of such a company to stipulate for exemption of liability for its own negligence. We reviewed the question fully upon the original presentation of the petition for writ of error, and have again con sidered it in response to an…
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