Maley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Cedar District Court. — Hon. W. N. Treichler, Judge. . Action for damages consequent on delay in delivery of a telegram resulted in judgment, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J.-
The following message was delivered to defendant’s agent at Stanwood, Iowa, at 4:13 o’clock in the morning of September 6, 1909: “Stanwood, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1909. To Jim Maley, care Kay Maley, Brookings, South Dakota. Come home at once, your wife is sick. Dr. Tilden.” The sender was a physician in attendance on the wife, and the sendee, plaintiff herein, was visiting his brother, Ray Maley, on a farm seven miles from Brookings. Mrs. Maley died at about twelve o’clock m. of the same day, and a telegram from plaintiff’s brother so stating was delivered with that first mentioned by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rowell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Francis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. EdmondsonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Willis v. West. Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CrockerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Nitka v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- Albrook v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1914