Bank of Palo Alto v. Pacific Postal Tel. Cable Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Action at law ior the recovery of money paid out on a fraudulent telegraphic order, and t.o obtain damages for fraudulent conversion.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
This is an action at law brought by a California corporation, as plaintiff, to recover from a Yew York corporation, as defendant, (1) a sum of money paid out hy the plaintiff upon a fraudulent telegraphic orden* sent over the defendant’s wires hy an employé of the defendant; (2) the amount expended hy the plaintiff in counsel fees and sundry expenses incurred in the endeavor to recover the money; and (3) to obtain punitive damages. The suit was first brought in the superior court of the state of California for the county of Santa Clara. Thereafter the cause was removed…
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- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PrenticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Elwood v. . the Western Union Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Bank of Batavia v. New York, Lake Erie & Western RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Stephenson v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1892
- Bank of Cal. v. W. Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1877
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