Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Allen
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Look E. Houston, Judge. The three telegrams, for the negligent delay of which this suit for the statutory penalty was brought by the sendee, were as follows : 1. “Corinth, Miss., November 28, 1887. “ To John M. Allen : “Must go North in morning; mighty sorry not to see your moth-eaten head. “ I). B. Henderson.” 2. “Booneville, Miss., December 28, 1887. u To John M. Allen : “ Come on first train without fail; wrote you at Guntown.
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From the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Look E. Houston, Judge. The three telegrams, for the negligent delay of which this suit for the statutory penalty was brought by the sendee, were as follows : 1. “Corinth, Miss., November 28, 1887. “ To John M. Allen : “Must go North in morning; mighty sorry not to see your moth-eaten head. “ I). B. Henderson.” 2. “Booneville, Miss., December 28, 1887. u To John M. Allen : “ Come on first train without fail; wrote you at Guntown. “ Lelia Street.” 3. . “Grenada, Miss., 19, “ To John M. Allen : “ Will leave Memphis Monday night, by Memphis &…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
By an act approved March 18, 1886 (Acts of 1886, page 91), it is provided “ that if any telegraph company shall neglect, fail, or refuse to transmit and deliver, within a reasonable time, without good and sufficient excuse, any message delivered to it for such purpose, the person injured shall receive (recover) the sum of twenty-five dollars in addition to such damages as are now allowed by law.”
The appellee was the sendee of three messages of asocial character, which were not delivered within a reasonable time, without excuse, and for such neglect to deliver, he instituted this action to…
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- Western Union Tel. Co. v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1893
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