Hadley v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Hendricks Circuit Court..
1Opinion of the CourtNiblack, J.
Henry Hadley brought this action against the Western Union Telegraph Company to recover the statutory penalty, and additional and special damages, for the alleged failure of the company to transmit as well as to deliver a telegraphic message within proper time. The complaint was in two paragraphs.
The first demanded the prescribed penalty of one hundred dollars for a failure to transmit the message with the requisite promptitude, and the second demanded special damages in the sum of five hundred dollars for a failure to deliver the message within time to serve the purposes for which it was…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Baldwin v. . the United States Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- United States Telegraph Co. v. GildersleveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Candee v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Beaupré v. Pacific & Atlantic Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FentonIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Reese v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1890
- State v. Central Vermont Railway Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1908
- Summers v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Bierhaus v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1893
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BiggerstaffIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
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