Western Union Telegraph Co. v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Clarke county in an action of debt. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The facts in this case, as to which there is little or no dispute, are as follows: On Saturday, March 29, 1912, J. It. Elder went to the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Washington, D. C., and deposited $18.00, to he sent by wire to Mrs. J. It. Elder, at Berry-ville, Va. The telegraph office at Berryville was not an office for sending' or payment of money by telegraphic order. The Western Union Telegraph Company had an arrangement with the American National Bank of Washington, D. C., to transmit money deposited with it to such offices as were neither receiving nor paying…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BilisolySupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Hayes & Wife v. Va. Mutual Protection Ass'nSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
3Cited by12 opinions
- Gardner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Bank of SpencerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
- Aetna Insurance v. AstonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Durre v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
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