Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Wilson
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Monroe Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtZollars, J.
The evidence establishes the following facts: In December, 1884, appellant, the Western Union Telegraph Company, had two offices in the town of Gosport in this State, situated about eighty yards apart, one on the Indianapolis *309and Vincennes Railroad, called the upper office, and one on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad, called the lower office. It had a line of wire along the line of each of said railroads. That along the line of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad led direct from Gosport lo Bedford, in this State. Over that line a message could be sent direct from…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Stout v. Board of CommissionersIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Middleton v. GreesonIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AxtellIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HardingIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JonesIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State ex rel. Goodman v. HalterIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
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- Burnett v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1890
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SwainIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
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