Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Olsson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of San Miguel County, lion. Theron Stevens, Judge. Action by F. A. Olsson against Tbe Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the telegraph company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Caswell
Action by appellee (as plaintiff below) against the appellant and W. S. McCall, alleging in substance that appellant maintained a public telegraph office in Telluride, Colorado, and that McCall was in its employ as operator and manager; that the defendants negligently kept and maintained a loaded revolver in said office, and that the same fell from a shelf therein and was discharged and plaintiff was wounded and injured as a result of the discharge.
The appellant filed -a petition to remove the cause to the United States circuit court, alleging that it was a non-resident corporation, and that…
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- Gustafson v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1904
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