State Ex. Rel. Ward v. Trimble

— Original proceedings in this court to review, on certiorari, the opinion and judgment of the Kansas City Court of Appeals in the ease of Edgar J. Ward v. Western Union Telegraph Company, an action by Ward, as plaintiff, against said Telegraph Company, to recover the penalty provided by Section 10136, Revised Statutes 1919, for failure to transmit and deliver a telegraphic message. The trial below resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the Kansas City Court of Appeals, where said judgment was reversed.

The action was based on a message which the defendant accepted…