Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Robertson
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. Hon. E. E. Brown, Judge. Suit by Mrs. G-ussie Robertson against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Adams county. Hon. E. E. Brown, Judge. Suit by Mrs. G-ussie Robertson against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The message, as the court will see, was an interstate message from Natchez, in the state of Mississippi, to New Orleans, in the state of Louisiana, and the rules for awarding damages in any aspect of the case in the two jurisdictions are different. The court seems to have taken the view that there was evidence in the case warranting the…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment awarding appellee damages for the failure on the part of appellant to promptly transmit and deliver a telegram. Appellee and her husband lived in the city of Natchez, Mississippi, but on the 1st day of September, 1912, she was in the city of New Orleans, at the home of her brother. She had with her a son, who was then supposed to be at the point of death. On that day, at about four o’clock p. m., she sent to her husband the following telegram:
“J. J. Robertson, Na'tchez, Miss.
££ Willie has typhoid. You had better- come. Bring some money.
£ £ [ Signed] Gussie. ’…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Graham v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Ingram v. Louisiana & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Patterson v. New Orleans & C. R., Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
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- Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. AlexanderMississippi Supreme Court · 1938