Legal Opinion
Smith v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1907No. 15,017PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the district court for York county: Arthur J. Evans, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Ames, C.
There seems to be no important dispute of fact in this case. The plaintiff was, and for some time had been, a grain dealer at the city of York, in this state; his business consisting principally in purchasing grain from farmers and shipping it to and selling it at distant markets in the east and south. These facts were well known to the defendant, the Western Union Telegraph Company, through its agent and operator at said city, who was and for some time had been accustomed to receive and transmit over the defendant’s lines daily a large number of telegraph messages relating to the…
2Cases cited9 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
- Baldwin v. . the United States Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- United States Telegraph Co. v. GildersleveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Candee v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Colbert v. MillerNebraska Supreme Court · 1948
- American Express Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1915
- C. B. Nash Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1915
- Marriott v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1909
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Blackwell Milling & Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909