Ex Parte Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Certiorari to Court of Appeals. Petition for certiorari to the Court of Appeals on behalf of' the Western Union Telegraph Company. Application denied, and judgment of the Court of Appeals (74 South. 88)
1Dissent
iSAYRE, J.
(dissenting). I see no sufficient reason for overruling Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. Ambrose, or the so-called dicta in the other cases to which the prevailing opinion alludes, but fails to note more specifically. Neither N. E. Mtg. Security Co. v. Ingram, 91 Ala. 337, 9 South. 140, nor A. U. Tel. Co. v. W. U. Tel. Co., 67 Ala. 26, 42 Am. Rep. 90, covers the case considered in Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. Ambrose, or the case to be here considered, like a blanket, or at-all; this for the very good reason that in those cases the great' Chief Justice of that time and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sullivan v. Sullivan Timber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- Wilkinson v. MoseleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
- Western Union Tel. Co. v. RowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. KrichbaumSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- American Union Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1880
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