Abeles v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from, the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon* D. D. Fisher, Judge. Plaintiff is entitled to substantial damages. Marlcel v. Tel. Co., 19 Mo. App. 80; Millihen v. Tel. Co., 18 N. E. Rep. 291; Tel. Co. v. Du Bois, 21 N. E. Rep. 4. The special damages alleged in the petition are the direct and proximate consequence of defendant’s breach of this dual obligation to plaintiff. Cases cited supra; Wadsworth v. Tel. Co., 86 Tenn. 695; Fraser v. Tel. Co., 4 South.
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Appeal from, the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon* D. D. Fisher, Judge. Plaintiff is entitled to substantial damages. Marlcel v. Tel. Co., 19 Mo. App. 80; Millihen v. Tel. Co., 18 N. E. Rep. 291; Tel. Co. v. Du Bois, 21 N. E. Rep. 4. The special damages alleged in the petition are the direct and proximate consequence of defendant’s breach of this dual obligation to plaintiff. Cases cited supra; Wadsworth v. Tel. Co., 86 Tenn. 695; Fraser v. Tel. Co., 4 South. Rep. 831; Alexander v. Tel. Go., 3 Law Rep. Ann. 71; Tel. Go. v. Longwill, 21 Pac. Rep. 339. The fact that the dispatch was in…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The court sustained a demurrer to the following petition, and the plaintiff has appealed: “Plaintiff states that defendant is a corporation duly organized,, and is, and at all times hereinafter mentioned was,, engaged in the business of telegraphing for hire, between the city of St. Louis, in the state of Missouri, and the’ city of. San Francisco, in the state of California, and had an office in the city of St. Louis, Missouri; that, on or about May 19, 1888, the plaintiff was a stockholder in the Black Oak Mining and Milling Company, a corporation under the law of Illinois, owning and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Baldwin v. . the United States Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Candee v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Reynolds Bros.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1883
- Daniel v. W. U. Tel. Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1884
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Rogan v. Wabash Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1892
- Fitch v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1910
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
- Barrett v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1890
- Hughes v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1899
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