Legal Opinion
Conyers v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 6, 1893PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action for penalty. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
1. Mrs. Conyers, the addressee of a telegraphic message, sued the Postal Telegraph Cable Company for the statutory penalty of one hundred dollars for failure to deliver with due diligence. At the trial it appeared from the evidence that the message was received by the defendant from another telegraph company, which had re*620ceived it from the original sender and which had transmitted it to the end of its own line; from which point the defendant transmitted it to the city of Atlanta, the place to which it was directed, but failed to deliver it to the plaintiff until after more…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FatmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Gray v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. NunnallySupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
3Cited by4 opinions
- Wimberly v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. RyalsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Collins v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1906