Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Teague
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Atala county. ' •• Hon. H. H. Rodgebs, Judge. Suit by Lucy Jane Teague and others against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Appellee Lucy Jane Teague is the mother, and the other appellees are the next of kin, of Simon Teague, deceased. They instituted this suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company for the alleged negligent failure of the defendant company to deliver a telegram.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Atala county. ' •• Hon. H. H. Rodgebs, Judge. Suit by Lucy Jane Teague and others against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Appellee Lucy Jane Teague is the mother, and the other appellees are the next of kin, of Simon Teague, deceased. They instituted this suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company for the alleged negligent failure of the defendant company to deliver a telegram. Simon Teague, while an inmate of the state penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn., died of tuberculosis. The warden of the…
1ConcurrenceEtheidge, J.
I concur in the overruling of the suggestion of error and in the remanding of the cause for a new trial. The suggestion of error vigorously assails the statement of facts in the opinion of the majority of the court rendered upon the hearing of this cause, and contends that the court must have misunderstood the facts in the record. The record was in the consultation room for a long time prior to the first decision, and I read it thoroughly, and think every member of the court did, and, on account of the differences of views, the case was thoroughly considered, both as to the law and, the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hewlett v. GeorgeMississippi Supreme Court · 1891
- Pettigrew v. PettigrewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Cumberland Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. HobartMississippi Supreme Court · 1906
- Steinberger v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1910
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