Thresher v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

HUNT, District Judge.

This is an action at law brought by B. S. Thresher against the Western Union Telegraph Company and Levi S. Wild, defendants. It was instituted in the district court of the Second judicial district of the state of Montana. Plaintiff prior to February 5, 1906, was an attorney practicing in the courts of the state and of the United States within Montana. Plaintiff alleges that prior to January 20, 1906, defendant Western Union Telegraph Company was doing business at Butte, Mont., and that defendant Wild was the manager of such business at Butte, and for the telegraph company…