Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Powell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered October 16, 1894, in an action of debt, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error w as defendant.
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Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered October 16, 1894, in an action of debt, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error w as defendant. The declaration in this case was in the words and figures following, to-wit: “ J. M. Powell, plaintiff, complains of the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation, defendant, of a plea that it render unto the plaintiff the sum of one hundred dollars, which it owes to and unjustly detains from him for this, to-wit: that the plaintiff, who resides in the city of Richmond, at No.…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
Section 1291 of the Code provides, among other things, that any telegraph company doing business in this State, which fails to transmit a dispatch as provided for in that sec*272tion shall forfeit one hundred dollars to the person sending or wishing to send such dispatch.
Section 1292 provides for a like forfeiture where, after the arrival of the dispatch at the point to which it was to be transmitted, the company fails to deliver it promptly to the person to whom it is addressed, where the regulations of the company require such delivery.
For an alleged violation of these provisions of the Code,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. SteffensSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Wickham & Goshorn v. Lewis Martin & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1856
- Hodge's Ex'or v. First Nat. BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1872
- Warren v. WarrenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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