Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Burris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 27, 1910No. 3,126PublishedCited by 9 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Action by J. W. Burris against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
RINER, District Judge.
This was an action brought by the defendant in error, hereafter called the plaintiff, against the plaintiff in error, hereafter called the defendant, to recover damages for the failure to deliver a telegram. The right to recover damages in this case is based upon an act of the Legislature of the state of Arkansas passed in 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 124), which reads as follows:
“(1) On and after the passage of this act all telegraph companies doing business in this state shall be liable in damages for mental anguish or suffering, even in the absence of ¡bodily injury or…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Elwood v. . the Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Stuart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1885
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Young v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. LevyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Corcoran v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ChouteauSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
- Clark v. BeltCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
- Poor v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1917
- United States v. BrownDistrict Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1926
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