Fleischner v. Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
At Law. Action by L. Ploisehner and others, copartners of the firm of Meisclmer, Mayer & Co., against the Pacific Postal Telegraph Gable Company, for damages for delay in transmitting a telegraphic message.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
On June 24, 1893, H. & B. Greenbanm, of Seattle, were sued, and their property attached, upon a debt of 816,000. At 9:15 o’clock on the following morning a member of the film of Fleischner & Mayer, the plaintiffs herein, delivered at the office of the defendant at Portland a message, signed by the plaintiffs’ attorneys, and addressed to Preston, Carr & Preston, attorneys, at Seattle, in the following words:
“H. B. Greenbaum owe iTeisclnier, Mayer & Co. §3,870.21. Reported closed by sheriff. Protect claim, and report at once.
“Cox, Teal & Minor.”
The plaintiffs directed the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Griffin v. . ColverNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Leonard v. New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Tyler, Ullman & Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ShortSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Harkness v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1887
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Swan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1904
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. NicholsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Jacob v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HollandAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914