Herron v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. J. M. Casey, Judge. Action to recover for damages alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant in not delivering in due time a telegraphic message. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBobinson, J.
On the thirty-first day of March, 1890, the plaintiff was the owner of a stallion named *131■“Mark,” which was in the custody of his brother, George Herron, at Warren, in Lee county. The plaintiff was in the town of Clarksville, in Butler county, where he was engaged with one Wintrode in selling a fence machine. On that date one George Cassidy went to the place where the horse was kept, and made an offer for him to a brother of plaintiff, named B. B. Herron, and requested that he telegraph the offer to the plaintiff. Accordingly B. B. Herron went to the office of the ■defendant in Warren, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wadsworth v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1888
- Gabrett v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1891
- Utterson v. ConradSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
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- Mentzer v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Wells v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1909
- Arkansas & Louisiana Railway Co. v. StroudeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Love Banks Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WeniskiSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
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