Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Lange
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Second Division of the Northern District of California; Wm. C. Van Fleet, Judge. Action by William Tange, Jr., and another against the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation. Judgment for plaintiffs, and all parties bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Second Division of the Northern District of California; Wm. C. Van Fleet, Judge. Action by William Tange, Jr., and another against the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation. Judgment for plaintiffs, and all parties bring error. Action for damages against the telegraph company because of delay in transmission and delivery of a telegram sent by Tange and Hastings from Oakland, Cal., to the Uyon County Bank, Yerington, Nev. After trial to the court, judgment for $11,250 went against the telegraph company, whereupon it brought…
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit judge
(after stating the case as above). The facts found were substantially as follows: The telegraph company maintains offices in California and Nevada. On March 16, 1907, the plaintiffs made a contract with one Pitt and one Campbell, in which Pitt and Campbell agreed to sell and deliver to Tange and Hastings, and Tange and Hastings agreed to buy and receive from the parties of the first part, 625,000 shares of the capital stock of the Kennedy Consolidated Mining Company, “upon the following terms and conditions, to wit”: (1) Total price of the shares was $75,000 gold coin,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Stewart v. Griffith Ex Rel. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Curtis v. InneraritySupreme Court of the United States · 1848
- Union Constr. Co. v. Western Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Redington v. Pac. Postal Tel. Cable Co.California Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by5 opinions
- French v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Rollton Syndicate, Inc. v. WidlitzAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927
- James French v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., a Corporation, R. James French v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., a Corporation, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Parks v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1922
- Powell v. Hammon Consol. Gold FieldsDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1928