Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Hogue
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Chicot Circuit Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Judge; statement by ti-ie court. Mr. A. E. Hogue, of Lake Village, Arkansas, and Miss Bama Glosup were engaged to be married, and Sunday August 7, 1904, was the day on which the marriage was to take place. A week or two previous to that date he was taken sick with fever. On the 6th of August he sent the following letter to her: “Lake Village, Ark. 8-6-04. “Miss Bama Glosup, : “Wilmar, Ark.
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Appeal from Chicot Circuit Court; Zachariah T. Wood, Judge; statement by ti-ie court. Mr. A. E. Hogue, of Lake Village, Arkansas, and Miss Bama Glosup were engaged to be married, and Sunday August 7, 1904, was the day on which the marriage was to take place. A week or two previous to that date he was taken sick with fever. On the 6th of August he sent the following letter to her: “Lake Village, Ark. 8-6-04. “Miss Bama Glosup, : “Wilmar, Ark. “In answer to your letter last night, will say that I will be there Sunday if I am able to come. I will wire you if I come, or if I don’t. But you write…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by the defendant telegraph company from a judgment .rendered against it for failure to deliver a telegram. In the complaint plaintiffs asked for $1.25 as pecuniary loss and $1,000 damages for pain and mental anguish. The proof tended to show that by reason of the failure to deliver the telegram plaintiffs were compelled to hire a man to get them a conveyance, and that this expense, with the price paid for the telegram, amounted to $1.75. The jury found a verdict for this amount, and also for $500 for mental pain and suffering. The…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CoffinTexas Supreme Court · 1895
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ShortSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1890
- Arial v. West. Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Hughes v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1899
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- Southwestern Bell Telephone v. CarterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
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