Legal Opinion
Warner v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 13, 1968No. 52841PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAGER, Judge.
This is an action for damages charging the negligent and incorrect listing of plaintiffs’ business in two successive telephone directories. There was a verdict for plaintiffs, the Court granted a new trial and plaintiffs appealed. Plaintiffs operate a service station and a sales business in oil, bulk gasoline, farm chemicals and tires, and have done so since 1946. Their place of business is in Archie, Missouri, and a telephone listing had been regularly carried there under the name of “Warner Oil Co.” Plaintiffs also carried an advertisement in the classified section of the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Hazel B. McTighe v. New England Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- McClanahan Ex Rel. McClanahan v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Nichols v. BresnahanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
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3Cited by93 opinions
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- Mills v. MurrayMissouri Court of Appeals · 1971
- Behrend v. Bell Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Sherrill v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1983
- McClure Engineering Associates, Inc. v. Reuben H. Donnelley Corp.Illinois Supreme Court · 1983
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