Legal Opinion
Hazel B. McTighe v. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 21, 1954No. 22920_1PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
We are concerned on this appeal only with questions of the validity of two clauses of separate contracts limiting the liability of the telephone company for omission to include the name of a service subscriber in its alphabetical and classified directories. These questions are presented by exceptions to refusals by the court to charge the jury that their verdict in the case of each alleged breach of contract must be limited to the amount specified in these clauses.
As the publication of the alphabetical directory is an essential feature of the service rendered by the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Trybulski v. Bellows Falls Hydro-Electric Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Osgood v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1905
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PriesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Warner v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Behrend v. Bell Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Berjian v. Ohio Bell Telephone Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1978
- Gas House, Inc. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- Lincoln Pulp & Paper Co., Inc. v. Dravo Corp.District Court, D. Maine · 1977
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