Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Hendon
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 53 — Action by G. A. Hendon against the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company for Damages for Discontinuing the Use of the Telephone in Plaintiff’s House. — J'an. 7, 1903, APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
*502Opinion op the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
— Reversing.
Appellee, Hendon, is a physician, living in Louisville. He was a patron of the appellant, the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, and had one of its instruments in his office. Appellant discontinued the telephone from 3 o’clock p. m. of October 23, 1900, to 8:45 a. m. the next morning, or something less than 18 hours, and this action was brought to recover damages therefor. The reason the telephone was disconnected was that the bookkeeper made a mistake in posting the amount paid. His book did not show that Hendon had paid for the month of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
3Cited by5 opinions
- Chesapeake & Potomac Tel. Co. v. ClayCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. CarlessSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Harbaugh v. Citizens Telephone Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Citizens Telephone Co. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1956
- Litchman v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1921