Legal Opinion

Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Fenton

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1875PublishedCited by 34 opinions

From the Dearborn Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Woedbíí, J.

Complaint by the appellee against the appellant, in four paragraphs, to recover damages for alleged negligence on the part of the appellant, in failing to deliver to the plaintiffj within a reasonable time, a certain telegram.

Demurrer to each paragraph for want of sufficient facts overruled, and exception.

Answer, issue, trial by the court, finding and judgment for the plaintiff for the sum of two hundred and ten dollars, a motion for a new trial on the part of the defendant having been made and overruled. Exception.

The case made by the evidence was, in brief, this: The plaintiff…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sweatland v. Ill. & Miss. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1869
  2. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BuchananIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad v. HeatonIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. MeekIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Freitag v. BurkeIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Wells v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909
  2. McPeek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  3. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PendletonIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Kenyon v. Western Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1893
  5. McCloskey v. Indianapolis Manufacturers & Carpenters' UnionIndiana Supreme Court · 1879

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