Smith v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Livingston county; the Hon. G. W. Patton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis
delivered the. opinion of the court.
F. N. Smith, appellee, resided at Pontiac, Illinois. His father, a man about seventy years of age, had been sick for. some time at his home in Walden, New York, and appellee had been to visit him. On March 21, 1905, a week or ten days after his return home, appellee wishing to ascertain his father’s condition, delivered to the Western Union Telegraph Company, appellant, a telegram addressed to his father’s physician, which read: “Pontiac, Illinois, 3-21-05. Dr. Brownell, Walden, N. Y. What is father’s condition and chances for recovery? Wire collect. F. N.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Baldwin v. . the United States Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Pegram v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1888
3Cited by1 opinion
- Pfiester v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1917