Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Baker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In‘Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the -Eastern-District of Arkansas.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Daisy Baker brought this action against: the Western Union Telegraph Company, a corporation, for $5,000, and. recovered a judgment for $1,500 damages on account of mental anguish, and suffering which she alleged the company had inflicted upon her by its delay from 10:24 in the morning of Saturday, August 13, until 9 in the morning of Sunday, August 14, 1904, in delivering to her a telegram. Defendant denied that it was negligent, and denied that any of its negligence caused the damages. At the close of the trial the record disclosed these facts: Daisy Baker, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Railroad Company v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Southern Pacific Co. v. PoolSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Hayden v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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