Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Bushnell
Indiana Court of Appeals
From White Circuit Court; J. P. Wason, Judge. Action by Will S. Bushnell against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBatman, J.
This action was instituted by appellee to recover from appellant the statutory penalty, provided by §§5780, 5781 Burns 1914, Acts 1885 p. 151, for failure to- deliver a telegram sent by appellee from Monticello, Indiana, to his son at Gary, Indiana. Appellant filed an answer in three paragraphs, the first being a general denial. The second paragraph avers in substance, among other things, that appellant had no *513means within the State of Indiana of transmitting said message from Monticello to Gary, and that it was necessary to route the same through a point outside the State of Indiana in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Telegraph Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Rhodes v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- McNeill v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Ward v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1929
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ThroopIndiana Court of Appeals · 1921
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924