Western Union Telegraph Co. v. James
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckiiam
This action was brought by the defendant in error against the telegraph company to recover the amount of a penalty which the plaintiff below alleged the company had incurred, and also to recover damages which the plaintiff alleged he had sustained by reason of the failure of the company to promptly deliver a telegraphic dispatch directed to plaintiff at his residence in Blakely, in the State of Georgia.
The statute under which the action was brought was passed by the legislature of the above named State, October 22,1887, and reads as follows:
“ An act to. prescribe the duty of electric…
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