Faulkner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

* Corpus Juris-Cyc References: Appeal and Error, 4CJ, section 3015, p. 1033, n. 37; Evidence, 22CJ, section 502, p. 420, n. 86; Telegraphs and Telephones, 37Cyc, p. 1737, n. 4, 5; p. 1753, n. 25; Trial, 38Cyc, p. 1846, n. 49. This was a suit for damages for failure to deliver a telegram. The petition alleges that the defendant is a common carrier for hire, in receiving and transmitting messages and telegrams; that on or about the 12th day of February, 1925, plaintiff delivered to defendant at its office in Kansas City, Missouri, a telegram to be transmitted and delivered to the Abbot…