Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for penalty.. Before Judge Hutchins. Clarke superior court. October term, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff below obtained a verdict and judgment against the defendant, under the acts imposing penalties upon telegraph companies. (Acts of Oct. 22, 1887, and Dec. 20, 1892.) The judgment was entered Oct. 18th, 1894, and the defendant within the time allowed by law filed its motion for a new trial. The motion was overruled, December 11, 1894. On the 17th of December, 1894, the acts above referred to were repealed generally, and on the 24th of that month a bill of exceptions assigning error in the overruling of the motion for a new trial was sued out by the defendant.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bonnafee v. Ira E. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Speckert v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1880
- Woodburn v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1895
3Cited by18 opinions
- City of Valdosta v. SingletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
- People v. Bank of San Luis ObispoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
- Spengler v. Employers Commercial Union InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Lemon v. Los Angeles Terminal Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1940
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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