Legal Opinion
Butner v. Western Union Telegraph Company
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 7, 1894PublishedCited by 23 opinions
Error from Logan Govmty.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion was delivered by
Burford, J.:
The plaintiff in error filed his complaint in the district court of Logan county against the defendant in error to recover damages for delay in the delivery of a telegram.
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff is a resident of Logan county, Oklahoma, and that the defendant was, on the 1st day of January, 1893, a corporation, duly organized under the laws of the state of New York, forthe transmission of messages by wire for reward, and owned and operated a telegraph line from Mulvane, in the state of Kansas, to Guthrie, in Oklahoma…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Kennon v. GilmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Telegraph Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Young v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Graham v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. RadfordSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FergusonIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Peay v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
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