Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 29, 1960No. Appeal, 18PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Musmanno,
The Western Union Telegraph Company, which is a New York corporation, operates in Pennsylvania, as it does in all States of the Union. In the course of its business it collects money for transmission to other places by means of telegraphic money orders, that is to say, a sender deposits so much money at the sending office and the Western Union telegraphs to the office geographically closest to the address of the payee an order to pay the payee the amount specified by the payor. It sometimes occurs, however, because of the uncertainties of life, with its untoward…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Security Savings Bank v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Hollingsworth v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pennsylvania v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- State v. American Can Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1964
- State Land Board v. PekarekOregon Supreme Court · 1963
- State v. Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
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