Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided April 9, 1904No. 13,590PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Error from Shawnee district court; Z. T. IIazen, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of- the court was delivered by
Cunningham, J. :
The object of this action was to enjoin the prosecution of 542 separate suits brought by defendants Jordan, Blackman, Armstrong; Kassábaum, and Jones, by their attorneys, E. D. McKeever and W. S. McClintock, before T. T. Wright, a justice of the peace of Shawnee county. The petition shows that the. plaintiff was a telegraph company doing business in the state of Kansas and the various other states of the Union ; that there had been presented to it by the several defendants, in the aggregate, 542 telegrams for transmission over its…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Third Ave. R.R. Co. v. . the Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Cole v. YoungSupreme Court of Kansas · 1880
- Northrup v. A. G. Wills Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AustinSupreme Court of Kansas · 1903
3Cited by8 opinions
- Holly Sugar Corp. v. FritzlerWyoming Supreme Court · 1931
- Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Pearlstone Mill & Elevator Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1932
- Illinois Central Railroad v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1919
- Crane & Co. v. SnowdenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1922
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