Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kaufman
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Caddo County; Will Linn, Judge. Action by M. Kaufman and others against the Western Union Telegraph Company. There was a judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HOOKER, C.
The plaintiffs below sued the company for damages alleged to have accrued to them for nondelivery of a telegram sent from Apa.‘he, Okla, to Henry-etta, Okla., by them to Reynolds Bros., on June 3, 1916. The answer of ihe company alleged it was engaged in interstate commerce, and that the message-in question was an interstate message, in that to transmit the same from Apache to Henryetta it was necessary to and this message was transmitted from Apache, Okla., over the wires of the company to Wichita, Kan., and was forwarded from Wichita to Henryetta, and that such routing…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Bank of SpencerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Leibengood v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Davis v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
- Hickory Marble & Granite Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
- Berg v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
- Taylor v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1918
- Central Rigging & Contracting Corp. of Connecticut v. J. E. Miller Transfer & Storage Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Foster v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1920
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