Western Union Telegraph Co. v. White
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg in an action of debt. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
*422This is an action to recover the statutory penalty of $100 provided by clause five, section 1294-h of Virginia Code 1904, for failure by the Western Union Telegraph Company to transmit to Fredericksburg a prepaid message accepted for transmission at that company’s office at Staunton.
It appears that the message was promptly transmitted -from Staunton to the company’s relay office in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, received at that office, but never transmitted to the Fredericksburg office.
The question involved in this case is substantially the same as that involved and decided in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Commercial Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ChilesSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CrovoSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BilisolySupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
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- Meadows v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. First National BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
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