Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Rogers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court 1
93 U.S. 565
23 L.Ed. 977
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY
v.
ROGERS.
October Term, 1876
MOTION to dismiss a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska.
The judgment below was as follows:——
It is considered and adjudged by the court that said plaintiff, Jonathan Rogers, have and recover of and from said defendant, the Western Union Telegraph Company, the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars and the costs of this suit, taxed at two hundred twenty and 33/100 ($220.33) dollars, and that he have execution therefor.
Mr. Montgomery Blair for the defendant in error,…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Walker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Knapp v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- The Liverpool PacketDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1861
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lyell v. MillerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Michigan · 1855
3Cited by1 opinion
- District of Columbia v. GannonSupreme Court of the United States · 1889