Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nagle & Winn
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Travis. Tried below before Hon. Wm. Von Rosenberg.
1Opinion of the Court
KEY, Associate Justice.
In the court below appellees recovered a judgment against appellant for $500, the correctness of which depends, in the main, upon the liability of appellant for consequential damages for a failure to transmit and deliver, as it agreed to do, the following telegram:
Austin, Nov. 13, 1893.
To N. J. Nagle, care W. J. Crow,
Henderson, Texas.
Kammerer renews orders Blunt Confess Cowardice' Alack Bluffing each Conclave Album Concise Alarming.
(Signed) Jos. B. Winn.
If this message had been received by N. J. Nagle, who was a member of the firm of Nagle & Winn and understood the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LinnTexas Supreme Court · 1894
- Manville v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Blanchard, Williams & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1882
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. H. Sheffield & SonTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. R. L. Bowen & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Shawnee Milling Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1917
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Robertson Bros.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1910
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Telegraph Co. v. Davidson, Hardeman & Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913