McPeek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ilenry District Court. — Hon. M. A. Roberts,. Judge. From a judgment for damages alleged to bave been occasioned by tbe negligence of the defendant in failing to promptly deliver a telegram, it appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
September 20, 1896, after mortally wounding John Finley, the marshal of Morning Sun, Orman McPherson fled. A few days later the plaintiff saw McPherson’s wife, who promised -to assist him in procuring the arrest of her husband. McPeek obtained McPherson’s pension papers from Keithsburg, 111., for her and she advised him (being in secret correspondence under an assumed name) of having these, and he came to her room at the hotel at Morning Sun, where she was employed as cook, October 22, 1896, at about 10 o’clock p. m. (having so arranged earlier in the evening), and there remained until,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Young v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Mentzer v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Milliken v. Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FentonIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
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- Bright v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Cowan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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