Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Cooper
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Decided November 18, 1910PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit by* the'Western Union Telegraph Company against John A. Cooper for an injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, District Judge
(orally). In this case John A. Cooper brought an action for damages, laid in the amount of $25,000, against the Western Union Telegraph Company. This was brought in the city court of Brunswick. The plaintiff sought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him because of what he avers to be a malicious prosecution brought against him for the offense of larceny after trust. He was, as I understand, a clerk or agent of the defendant company. This defendant removed the case to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of this District. It has been recently…
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