Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Bright
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Wytheville. Decided at Staunton. Error to judgment of circuit court of Franklin county, rendered October 26, 1892, in a proceeding by motion wherein George M. Bright was plaintiff, and the Western Union Telegraph Company was defendant. The judgment being adverse to the defendant company, it obtained a writ of error from one of the judges of this court. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a motion , in the court below to recover a penalty of $100, provided by section 1292 of the Code, for the failure of the defendant company to deliver as promptly as practicable a certain dispatch transmitted from Abingdon to Bocky Mount (points within this State), and addressed to the plaintiff. ' Section 8211, under which the proceeding was bad, enacts that “ any person, entitled to recover money by action under a contract, may, on motion before any court which would have jurisdiction in an action, otherwise than under section 8215,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leloup v. Port of MobileSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Telegraph Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Chaffee & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PettyjohnSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. GoddinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Commonwealth v. AdcockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
- Commonwealth v. AdcockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
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