Burnett v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. Thos. H. Bacon, Judge. (1) Section 883 of the Revised Statutes, 1879, is a penal law. Thompson v. Tel. Co., 32 Mo. App. 191; 2 Rapalje & Lawrence’s Law Die. 945, sec. 2; 2Bonvier’s Law Die. 543; Scott & Jarnigan’s Law of Tel., sec. 422; Pot.
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Appeal from the Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. Thos. H. Bacon, Judge. (1) Section 883 of the Revised Statutes, 1879, is a penal law. Thompson v. Tel. Co., 32 Mo. App. 191; 2 Rapalje & Lawrence’s Law Die. 945, sec. 2; 2Bonvier’s Law Die. 543; Scott & Jarnigan’s Law of Tel., sec. 422; Pot. Dwar. on Stat. 72, 73. In an action against a telegraph. company for the recovery of the penalty provided in said section 883, proof of mere negligence will not suffice, but the evidence must go further, and must establish affirmatively the fact that in not transmitting the dispatch the company was guilty…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
Section 883 of the Revised Statutes of Í879 reads as follows: “It shall be the duty of every telephone or telegraph company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating any telephone or telegraphic line in this state, to receive dispatches from and for other telephone or telegraph lines, and from or for any individual, and on payment or tender of their usual charges for transmitting dispatches, as established by the rules and *602regulations of such telephone or telegraph line, to transmit the same with. impartiality and good faith, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for every neglect or…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Stuart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1885
- So Relle v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1881
- Wadsworth v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1888
- Gulf, C. & Santa Fe R'y Co. v. LevyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
- West v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1888
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- International Ocean Telegraph Co. v. SaundersSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
- National Surety Corporation v. FisherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1958
- Connell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Dudley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1893
- State v. SchattMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
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