Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Conway
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1941No. Civil No. 4298PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, J.
The question we have to decide is whether the Western Union Telegraph Company is liable in damages for failure to deliver an interstate telegram to the plaintiff, Anne V. Conway, announcing the death of her mother, when by reason of such failure she was prevented from attending her mother’s funeral. The telegram, in the following words: “MOM DIED THIS MORNING PEACEFULLY BURIAL THURSDAY VERY SORRY YOU CANT BE HERE PERHAPS LATER POP” addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Conway at Phoenix, Arizona, was delivered to the defendant at Canton, Ohio, January 17, 1939, for transmission. The plaintiff Anne…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Mockowik v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- Southern Express Co. v. ByersSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SpeightSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BoegliSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Siats v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958