Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Snell
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal, from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Action by Emma Snell against the Western Union Telegraph. Company, for damages for delay in the deliver}'' of two death messages. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Counsel discuss rulings on the pleadings, but without citation of authority. They insist that they should have been permitted to show the free delivery limits of Alabama City. — 27 A. & E. Enc. of Law, 1029; W. ü.
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Appeal, from Gadsden City Court. Heard before Hon. John H. Disque. Action by Emma Snell against the Western Union Telegraph. Company, for damages for delay in the deliver}'' of two death messages. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Counsel discuss rulings on the pleadings, but without citation of authority. They insist that they should have been permitted to show the free delivery limits of Alabama City. — 27 A. & E. Enc. of Law, 1029; W. ü. T. Co. v. Ward, 23 Incl. 377. W. ü. T. Co. v. Reddinger, 22 Tex. Civ. 223. The court erred in refusing charges 16 and 19. — W. ü. T. Co, v,…
1Opinion of the Court
be GBA'FFENBIED, J.
This suit was brought by appellee against appellant for damages for the breach *266of two contracts for the transmission and delivery, within a reasonable time, of two telegrams, one to a sister and the other to a brother of appellee.
Appellee lived.in the country about five miles from Altoona, a station on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Her sister, Annie Harris, to whom one of the telegrams was sent, lived on the same railroad at Alabama City, 18 miles from Altoona, and between the two places there were two passenger trains going each way daily, one in the morning and the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railroad v. BaylissSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Decatur Car Wheel & Manufacturing Co. v. MehaffeySupreme Court of Alabama · 1900
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CrumptonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
- Western Union Tel. Co. v. CrowleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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- Wise, Boles & Bowdoin v. FullerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1914
- American Surety Co. v. HookerAlabama Court of Appeals · 1951
- Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. AbbottAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BennettAlabama Court of Appeals · 1911
- Arden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1912
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