Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Meek
Mississippi Supreme Court
On Suggestion oe' error. Tliis is a suit to recover the twenty-five dollars, statutory penalty for the appellant’s failure to deliver a message under Laws 1908, chapter 76, page 65, which reads as follows: ‘ ‘A telegraph or telephone company shall deliver all messages addressed to a person residing or having a place of business in any city, town, or village where it may have an office, or within one mile of its office; and if any telegraph or telephone company shall receive…
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On Suggestion oe' error. Tliis is a suit to recover the twenty-five dollars, statutory penalty for the appellant’s failure to deliver a message under Laws 1908, chapter 76, page 65, which reads as follows: ‘ ‘A telegraph or telephone company shall deliver all messages addressed to a person residing or having a place of business in any city, town, or village where it may have an office, or within one mile of its office; and if any telegraph or telephone company shall receive any message or matter for transmission, and -shall fail, neglect or refuse, without good and sufficient reason, to…
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The judgment rendered by the lower court in this cause was affirmed on a former day of this term. On consideration of the suggestion of error, we are driven to the conclusion that the case must be reversed, unless we overrule prior decisions of our court. The facts, briefly stated, are as follows: On June 18, 1915, Sterner Meek, at Tunica, Miss., sent the following message:
“Seth A. Meek, Columbus, Miss.: Come to Tunica for 'week-end house party, if possible. Leave Columbus tonight, and come via Winona and Memphis. Wire answer. . • Sterner.
“Do come. Miss Abbay.”
The office of the Western Union…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HallMississippi Supreme Court · 1901
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. RossMississippi Supreme Court · 1916
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- Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. BallardAlabama Court of Appeals · 1923