Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. M'Caul
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1905PublishedCited by 5 opinions
FROM GIBSON. Appeal from the Circuit Oourt of Gibson County.— John E. Bond, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shields
W. F. McCaul brings this action to recover , damages for the grief and anguish sustained by him in consequence of the delay in receiving an answer to a telegram sent by him over the wires of the defendant from Sikeston, Mo., to Trenton, Tenn., addressed to Mrs. M. C. McCaul, care of Joe Knox, in these words:
“Send me fifty dollars at once. Hugh is dead.”
W. F. McCaul was at Sikeston, Mo., where his son Hugh had just died, and desired $50 to bring his remains to' Tennessee for interment. Joe Knox resided in Trenton, and Mrs. M. C. McCaul, in the country, three miles distant.
The telegram was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. EdmondsonTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. GotcherTexas Supreme Court · 1899
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. MitchellTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HoughtonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ArnoldTexas Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ChouteauSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Jackson v. KempTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- Maley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FranklinTennessee Supreme Court · 1914