Legal Opinion · Dissent
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Reynolds Bros.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 15, 1883Published
Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Norfolk rendered against the defendant in the action lately therein pending, wherein Reynolds Brothers were plaintiffs, and The Western Union Telegraph Company was defendant. The facts are fully set forth in the opinion of Judge Lacy.
1Dissent
Lewis, P.,
dissented.
I dissent from the judgment in this case, and will briefly state the reasons which seem to me to require a reversal of the judgment of the court below.
"When the dispatch in this case was delivered for transmis*193sion, at the office of the company in Norfolk, no explanation was made whatever. Its contents were purposely concealed hy the employment of a cipher, and to the company’s agents it was wholly unintelligible, except that the translation of the address was registered at the office and known to them. The dispatch was never transmitted; and in this action against the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Express Co. v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- United States Telegraph Co. v. GildersleveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Beaupré v. Pacific & Atlantic Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
- Landsberger v. Magnetic Telegraph Co.New York Supreme Court · 1860
- Behm v. Western Union Tel. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana · 1878