Gainesboro Telephone Co. v. Buckner
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal from Whitley Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle
Reversing.
Tliis action was brought in the Whitley Circuit Court by the appellee, J. H. Buckner, against the appellant, Gainesboro Telephone Company, and the Cumberland *605Telephone & Telegraph Company, seeking to recover of them damages alleged to have been caused appellee by their negligence in so delaying the transmission and delivery to him of a message informing him of the death of his mother that he was unable to be present at her funeral or burial. The defendants severally answered, traversing the averments of the petition. Before filing its answer,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Illinois Cent. R. R. v. CurryCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Harper v. Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
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