Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Terrell
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 104. — ACTION BY LOU TERRELL AGAINST THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE CAMPANY FOR DAMAGES FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER A TELEGRAM. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, Common Pleas Branch, (Third Division). J. M. Chattebson, Special Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
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CASE 104. — ACTION BY LOU TERRELL AGAINST THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH CABLE CAMPANY FOR DAMAGES FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER A TELEGRAM. Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, Common Pleas Branch, (Third Division). J. M. Chattebson, Special Judge. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. Where a telegram for addressee to meet a person at the depot in Memphis, Tennessee, was not delivered in time, the fact that the one to be met remained in the depot all night can be no basis for a cause of action, on account of remoteness and because such damages could not have been in…
1Opinion of the Court
*825Opinion ok the Court by
Judge Hobson
Affirming.
Mrs. Lon Terrell, the wife of George E. Terrell, of Louisville, left Louisville on January 28, 1903, at 12 m. on the Illinois Central train to go to .her father’s home at Memphis, Term. The train, if on time, would reach Memphis at 12:1 that night. At 6:30 that evening her husband sent to her father the following telegram: “Lonisville, Ky., January 28, 1903. Jerry Johnson, 564 Lauderdale St,, Memphis, Tenn, Meet Lon at I. C. depot to-night. George E. Terrell.” At the time the message was sent the clerk told Terrell tliat the message would go…
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- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- Green v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Louisville & N. R. R. v. HullCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Van CleaveCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
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