Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Fisher
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 81 — ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR DELAY IN - DELIVERING 'TELEGRAM. APPEAL FKOM SIMPSON CIBCUIT COURT. Damages are not recoverable wbore tbe only ground is mental suffering, occasioned by tbe breach of a contract to promptly transmit and deliver a telegram. Crawson v. W. U. Tel. Co., 47 Fed. .Rep., 544; Chase v. W. U. Tel. Co., 44 Fed. Rep., 554; Cobb v. W. U. Tel. Co., U. S. Dist Ct., Kansas, 1883; Gagan v. W. U. Tel. Co., 59 Fed. Rep., 433; Rulmer v. W. U. Tel. Co., 37 Pac.
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Case 81 — ACTION FOR DAMAGES FOR DELAY IN - DELIVERING 'TELEGRAM. APPEAL FKOM SIMPSON CIBCUIT COURT. Damages are not recoverable wbore tbe only ground is mental suffering, occasioned by tbe breach of a contract to promptly transmit and deliver a telegram. Crawson v. W. U. Tel. Co., 47 Fed. .Rep., 544; Chase v. W. U. Tel. Co., 44 Fed. Rep., 554; Cobb v. W. U. Tel. Co., U. S. Dist Ct., Kansas, 1883; Gagan v. W. U. Tel. Co., 59 Fed. Rep., 433; Rulmer v. W. U. Tel. Co., 37 Pac. Rep., 1087;’ Kester v. W. U. Tel. Co., 55 Fed. Rep., 603; Wood v. W. U. Tel. Co., 57 Fed. Rep., 471; Wilcox v. R. & D.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hazelrigg
The appellee, a colored preacher, was engaged in pastoral work at Trenton, Kentucky, His' family lived at Franklin, Kentucky, some seventy-five miles distant, where he visited every few weeks. One of his children (a daughter) was delicate, and on April 7,1896, the wife of appellee, through a friend (one Goodloe), delivered to. the agent of the appellant company at Franklin, the following message: “Franklin, Ky., April 7, ’96. To G. M. Fisher, Trenton, Ky.: Gome at once. Your child very sick. [Signed] G. S. Goodloe.”
According to the testimony of the agent, the message was received by him at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Van CleaveCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
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- Johnson v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Helms v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
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