Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Mansfield
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for penalty. Before Juge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1893. Mansfield’s declaration alleged : About seven o’clock p. m., March 12, 1892, he filed a message with the telegraph company in Atlanta, to be transmitted to Social Circle, one of its agencies, addressed to Parkhurst, and with the message filed a written request that Parkhurst answer, and that defendant keep the answer so directed to plaintiff' at its general delivery office in Atlanta until he…
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Action for penalty. Before Juge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1893. Mansfield’s declaration alleged : About seven o’clock p. m., March 12, 1892, he filed a message with the telegraph company in Atlanta, to be transmitted to Social Circle, one of its agencies, addressed to Parkhurst, and with the message filed a written request that Parkhurst answer, and that defendant keep the answer so directed to plaintiff' at its general delivery office in Atlanta until he should call for it. Parkhurst filed at the Social Circle office, before eight o’clock p. M., March 12, 1892, and during…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.. This case is not within the proviso to the second section of the penalty act of October 22d, 1887, but is within the first section of that act, the language of which is as follows : “ That from and after the passage of this *352act, that every electric telegraph compaiiy with a line of wires wholly or partly in this State, and engaged in telegraphing for the public, shall during the usual office hours receive dispatches, whether from other telegraphic lines or from individuals; and on payment or tender of the usual charge according to the regulations of such company,…
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