Fields v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. This is an action by George T. Fields against the "Western Union Telegraph Company to recover damages for negligently failing to deliver a telegram. The cause was tried by the'court and findings and judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff for $110, from which defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
This is an action by which the plaintiff seeks to recover damages resulting to him from the negligent acts of the defendant. The plaintiff is a traveling salesman of the Edward Thompson Company, of Northport, Long Island, New York. On the 27th day of May, 1910, the plaintiff, being out of funds to defray his traveling expenses, and being in Portland, and desiring to go to Tillamook and the Columbia River country next, on the business of selling books in which he was engaged, wrote the following telegram and delivered it to the defendant, to transmit over its wires, *211to said Edward Thompson…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Blagen v. ThompsonOregon Supreme Court · 1892
- Schumaker v. HeinemannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Lund v. TylerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1901
- Cranmer v. KohnSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1895
- Altman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1903
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