Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Reynolds Bros.
Supreme Court of Virginia
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.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
On the 17th day of October, 1878, Reynolds Bros., of Norfolk, presented at the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, in that city, a dispatch to be sent over the said company’s line from Norfolk to Manchester, England. The telegraph company, the plaintiff in error, received this message together with the usual charges of the company, for sending a message of like kind, and undertook to send it forward.
This dispatch was never sent from the company’s office in Norfolk, and so never reached its destination in Manchester, England.
For the failure to send this dispatch, the telegraph…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Griffin v. . ColverNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
- United States Telegraph Co. v. GildersleveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Leonard v. New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Squire v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CarewMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Farish & Co. v. ReigleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
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