Dunham v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Action of trespass on the case by W. W. Dunham against the Western Dnion Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.-
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Peesi-dent :
The Western Union Telegraph Company prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment recovered against it by W. W. Dunham in an action of trespass on the case for failure to deliver a message sent to him at Parkersburg, W. Ya., over defendant’s lines from Cleveland, Ohio, by Mildren & Son.
Said Dunham is an oil and gas well driller residing in Par-kersburg, and claims he had a contract of employment with Mil-dren & Son, at $6.00 per day, to drill a gas well for them as soon as they should erect the rigging and make the necessary *427preparations for drilling. Pursuant to a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gardner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BilisolySupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Coit v. Western Union Telegraph Co.California Supreme Court · 1900
- Telegraph Co. v. MellonTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
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