Beatty Lumber Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1 Writ of error and supersedeas to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by Beatty Lumber Company against The Western TJnion Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Bkannon, Judge :
Beatty Lumber Company brought action against the Western Union Telegraph Company in the circuit court of Kanawha County, and recovered verdict and judgment for one thousand, six hundred and eighty-four dollars and forty-five cents, for which judgment the telegraph company sued out the present writ of error. The claim for damages by the lumber company is predicated upon the fact that it delivered to the telegraph company at Glade Station a telegraphic message for transmission, to G. Elias & Bro., and that the telegraph company either negligently omitted to send, or to deliver…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- North American Transportation & Trading Co. v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Smith v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1885
- Manville v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Union Constr. Co. v. Western Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Mills v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Strong v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1910
- Barrett v. Raleigh Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- Bosley v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
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