Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Lesesne
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1950No. 6044_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Western Union Telegraph Company appeals from a judgment for $2,000 against it in favor of Thomas P. Lesesne in an action for libel based upon a telegram containing statements in regard to the plaintiff. The message was delivered to the Telegraph Company by H. G. Willingham at Columbia, South Carolina, on October 27, 1946, and was transmitted that day by the company at Columbia by teletype to the addressee, Dr. James A. Hayne, who was an official of the State Board of Health with which the plaintiff was also officially connected:
The telegram was the basis of the second…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- O'Brien v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1940
- Peterson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Flynn v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1929
- Black v. State Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
- Peterson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Hartzog v. United Press Ass'nsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Western Union Tel. Co. v. LesesneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- Mason v. Western Union Telegraph Co.California Court of Appeal · 1975
- Anderson v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973