C. F. Witherspoon & Sons v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
At Law. Action by C. F. Witherspoon & Sons against the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company. On exception of no cause of action to the petition.
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, District Judge.
This is a suit for damages alleged to have been caused by delay in delivering a cable. The message was accepted by the company October 30, 1918, at which time, of course, its lines were being operated by the Postmaster General on behalf of the United States. On that ground defendant has filed an exception of no cause of action.
The Postal telegraph lines were taken over by the President, under authority of the joint resolution of Congress of July 16, 1918, by his proclamation of July 22, 1918. The proclamation directs that the supervision, possession, control, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. CallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1919
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