Bierhaus v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Knox Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtLotz, J.
The appellants sued the appellee to recover *247damages alleged to have been sustained on account of the negligence of the appellee in transmitting and delivering two telegraphic messages. Issue was joined; there was a trial by jury, and a verdict for appellants in the sum of fifty cents. The court rendered judgment in favor of appellants for fifty cents damages and fifty cents costs.
The errors assigned in this court are:
1. The overruling of the demurrer to the second paragraph of amended answer.
2. The motion for a new trial.
If the appellants, in the court below, secured a judgment for all the…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Westers Union Telegraph Co. v. CooperTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
- Daughtery v. American Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Phœnix Mutual Life Insurance v. HinesleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. FreezeIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BiggerstaffIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
- Kagy v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1906
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