Gould Land & Cattle Co. v. Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Carbon County; Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. The Gould Land and Cattle Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska, and engaged in business in this State, brought an action against the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company upon a contract for damages for the breach thereof, alleging a failure on the part of the defendant company to correctly transmit a message over its telephone line within…
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Error to the District Court, Carbon County; Hon. David H. Craig, Judge. The Gould Land and Cattle Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska, and engaged in business in this State, brought an action against the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company upon a contract for damages for the breach thereof, alleging a failure on the part of the defendant company to correctly transmit a message over its telephone line within this State. As a defense it was alleged that the plaintiff corporation had failed to comply with the provision of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Scott, Justice.
This action was commenced in the district court of Carbon county by plaintiff in error as plaintiff, against defendant in error as defendant, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from a breach of contract' of the defendant in failing to correctly transmit for hire over its telephone line from its office at Baggs, Wyoming, to the Western Union Telegraph Company at Rawlins, Wyoming, with directions to the telegraph company to forward the same from Rawlins to plaintiff’s agent and employee at Idaho Falls, Idaho, a message giving directions as to shipping plaintiff’s cattle,…
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