Gardner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Action by John A. Gardner against the Western Union Telegraph Company.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Gardner, hereinafter called the plaintiff, sued the Western Union Telegraph Company, hereinafter called the Company, for the delay in delivering a message to him which had been sent by Walter B. Scoville from Syracuse, Kan., to Quinlan, Okl./ September 20, 1911. At the close of all the evidence taken at the trial of the action the court directed a verdict against the plaintiff, and he brings the case here assigning this ruling of the court as error.
The undisputed facts shown at the trial are as follows:
On the date of the message hereinafter set forth, the plaintiff was…
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