Legal Opinion
Von Meysenbug v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 9, 1944No. Civil Action 526 JPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sue defendant telegraph company for libel, based upon its transmission of the following telegram from New Orleans, La., to Daytona Beach, Fla.:
“New Orleans, La. July 3
“Mimi,
“Care Mrs John E Pierce
“Please deliver 420 Goodall St
“Daytona Beach Flo
“Last year we were in Daytona with our Mama and Daddie if you stopped committing adultery with our Daddie he could pay our dentist oculist music teachers and education and the alimony he owes us now and since 1935 and God will punish you for taking our Daddie and making him do wrong.
“The Von…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Layne v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
- O'Brien v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Flynn v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
- Klein v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CashmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1906
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lesesne v. WillinghamDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1949
- Tawainna Anderson v. TikTok IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2024
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LesesneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
- Mason v. Western Union Telegraph Co.California Court of Appeal · 1975
- Lunney v. Prodigy Services Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998