Hearn v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiffs in the Municipal Court of the city of New York, tenth district, borough of. Manhattan.
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
The plaintiffs sue to recover the statutory penalty of $100 provided for by section 103 of the Transportation Corpora*558tions Law (Laws of 1890, chap. 566), which reads as follows: “ Transmission of despatches. Every such corporation shall receive despatches from and for other telegraph and telephone lines or corporations and from or for any individual, and on payment of the usual charges by individuals for transmitting despatches as established by the rules and regulations of such corporation, transmit the same with impartiality and good faith, and in the order in which they are received, and…
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wichelman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1900
3Cited by1 opinion
- Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908