Legal Opinion
Fortier v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 1, 1936No. 16321PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JANVIER, Judge.
This suit was brought by Mrs. Edna For-tier White in a court of the state of Louisiana, to wit, the First city court of New Orleans. She seeks redress for the mental suffering she sustained because of undue delay in the delivery of a telegraphic message sent in Johnstown, Pa., addressed to her in New Orleans, and reading as follows :
“Aunt Edna Daddy on trip to Pittsburg became ill last night died this afternoon will be buried here.”
She alleges that, though the message was sent on June 6, 1934, it did not reach her until June 13, whereas it should have been delivered within a…
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