Western Union Tel. Co. v. Morris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit 'Court of the United States for the District of Kansas.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, Daisy E. Morris, sued the plaiutiff in error, the Western 'Union Telegraph. Company, for damages caused by its negligence in transmitting a telegram, and recovered a verdict and judgment for §4,500 and costs, which are challenged by this writ of error.
The material facts on which this judgment rests are these: In *50February and March, 1892, the defendant in error suffered from an attack of peritonitis. She recovered from this disease, and became so well that for many months before December, 1895, she performed the labor and discharged the duties of…
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