Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Love Banks Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton, Judge. The court erred in leaving to the jury the question whether the office hours were reasonable. The company had the right to fix its own reasonable office hours. Crosw. Electr. § § 421, 422; 103 Ind. 505; 54 S. W. 563; Id. 829; 47 Atl. 881; 62 S. W. 136; 31 S. W. 211; 66 S. W. 17; 66 Id. 592; 25 Id. 760; 43 Id. 1053; 54 S. W. 827; 52 Ark. 406; 55 Ark. 138; 58 Ark. 334; 54 S. W. 963; 92 Am.
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Appeal from Woodruff Circuit Court. Hance N. Hutton, Judge. The court erred in leaving to the jury the question whether the office hours were reasonable. The company had the right to fix its own reasonable office hours. Crosw. Electr. § § 421, 422; 103 Ind. 505; 54 S. W. 563; Id. 829; 47 Atl. 881; 62 S. W. 136; 31 S. W. 211; 66 S. W. 17; 66 Id. 592; 25 Id. 760; 43 Id. 1053; 54 S. W. 827; 52 Ark. 406; 55 Ark. 138; 58 Ark. 334; 54 S. W. 963; 92 Am. Dec. 141. The court erred in its instructions to the jury as to measure of damages. 53 Pac. 252; 35 Pac. 75; 19 S. E. 67; 6 S. E. 813; 8 So. 746; 78…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueeoch, J.
The appellee, Love Banks Company, a mercantile corporation, sued appellant for damages resulting from negligent failure to deliver a message, and from a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff the defendant appealed.
The complaint alleges and the proof establishes the facts that appellee was operating a mercantile business at the village of Wiville, in Woodruff County, where appellant maintained a telegraph office, and during the afternoon of Saturday, October 13, 1900, having 70 bales of cotton- on hand for sale, sent a telegraphic message to Ferrill & Co., at Palestine, Ark., asking for a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Vedder v. . FellowsNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Little Rock & M. R. v. BarryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Eubanks & RussellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1897
- Illinois Central R. R. v. WhittemoreIllinois Supreme Court · 1867
- Herron v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. MiltonSupreme Court of Florida · 1907
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- Taylor v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1914
- Cates v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
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