Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Steele
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided November 5, 1886No. 12,783PublishedCited by 17 opinions
From the Montgomery Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
The appellee instituted this action to recover the penalty imposed for a breach of duty by the statute.
The telegram was delivered to the appellant on the 23d day *164of May, 1885, and the statute which governs is that enacted in 1885, for that act repeals the earlier one. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Brown, post, p. 538.
Filed Nov. 5, 1886..
The complaint must, therefore, be good under the provisions of the later act.
It is settled law that a penal statute must be strictly construed, and we are, therefore, required to confine the operation of the statute to the cases which it specifies, for we can not…
2Cited by17 opinions
- State ex rel. Goodman v. HalterIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Butner v. Western Union Telegraph CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1894
- State ex rel. Michener v. HarrisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Evansville & Ohio Valley Railway Co. v. Southern Indiana Rural Electric Corp.Indiana Supreme Court · 1953
- Hadley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1888
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