Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Sklar
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the addressee of a prepaid telegraphic message to recover damages for delay in its delivery. The message was in these words:
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 21, 190-.
Mrs. Mary Sklar or Sklor, 450 N. Spruce Street, Nashville, Tenn.: Your daughter, Sarah, died this morning at City Hospital, shall I send remains to you, answer, letter on road to you.
Lulu Morrison, 2117 Chestnut St.
The message was prepaid. The. declaration charged that the delivery of the message was so unreasonably delayed that the plaintiffs, not knowing the condition of the body, ordered the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Mitchell v. . Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
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