Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Crovo
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE LAW AND EQUITY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the commerce clause, of a statute of Virginia requiring prompt transmission of messages by telegraph companies, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
Action to recover statutory penalty for the negligent failure to promptly transmit a prepaid message accepted at the Richmond office of the telegraph company, addressed to a business correspondent at Brockton, New York. The declaration averred that the negligence occurred in the office at Richmond.
There was issue joined and a jury. The defendant demurred to the evidence. This was overruled because the court was of opinion that from the facts and circumstances the jury might find that the negligence in transmission occurred in the sending office at Richmond. There was a verdict and judgment…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Commercial Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Ling Su Fan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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- American Railway Express Co. v. LeveeSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
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