State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Miller Circuit Court. Joel D. Conway, Judge. statement by the court. Action brought by the State of Arkansas against the Western Union Telegraph Company to recover the statutory penalty of $500 for refusal to transmit a message. The court, sitting as a jury, found for the defendant, and rendered judgment accordingly, and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
McCulloch, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The statute (Kirby’s Dig. § 7946) provides that “every telegraph and telephone company doing'business in the State must, under a penalty of five hundred dollars for each and every refusal to do so, transmit over its wires to locations on its lines, for any individual or corporation or other telegraph or telephone company such messages, dispatches or correspondence as may be tendered to it, or to be transmitted to any individual or other telegraph or telephone companies, at the price customarily asked and obtained for the transmission of similar…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SwainIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Brooks v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Frauenthal v. Western U. Tel. Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
- Petze v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
- State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1912