Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE' STATE OP MISSISSIPPI. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
In Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 154 U. S. 1, the court passed upon the validity of a contract made by a telegraph company with the sender of a message by which, in case the message was missent, the liability of the company was limited to a refunding of the price paid for sending it, unless, as a means of guarding against mistake, the repeating of the message from the office to which it was directed to the office of origin was secured by the payment of an additional sum. It was held that such a contract was not one exempting the company from liability for its negligence,, but was…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Pennsylvania R. Co. v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CrovoSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by70 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Ivy Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company and New York Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Donnelly v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1941
- Bertha Kaufman v. Western Union Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- O'Brien v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
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