Legal Opinion

Swan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 5, 1904No. 1,006PublishedCited by 14 opinions

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois.

1Opinion of the Court

BUNN, District Judge.

This action was brought by Charles J. Swan, the plaintiff in error, against the Western Union Telegraph Company, to recover damages for losses sustained on account of the failure of the defendant company to give notice of the delay in sending an important business telegram relating to the purchase of certain mining stock on *319the Boston Stock Exchange. A jury was waived, and the case tried by the court upon the following stipulation of facts, to wit:

“It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between the parties herein, by their respective attorneys, that:

“The plaintiff…

2Cases cited2 opinions

Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. FleischnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1895
Fleischner v. Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1893

3Cited by14 opinions

Barker v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BarbourSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. NicholsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
Box v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1908
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HicksCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932

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