Legal Opinion
Clemens v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided November 13, 1942PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, Chief Justice:
The plaintiffs declared in tort to recover damages for the failure of the defendant to transmit and deliver within a reasonable time a telegraph message.
' The declaration, reduced to its material facts, alleged: that the defendant maintained a telegraph office in Martins-ville, Virginia; that on May 22, 1941, George W. Clemens, one of the plaintiffs, delivered to the defendant’s agent at its office in Martinsville the sum of twenty dollars and a mes*140sage to be sent to the plaintiff’s wife, Elva Clemens, she being at that time in Wilmington, Delaware; that the defendant…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- United States Telegraph Co. v. GildersleveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Mentzer v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Kerr Steamship Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- South Atlantic Steamship Co. v. MunkacsySupreme Court of Delaware · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
- McClain v. FaraoneSuperior Court of Delaware · 1977
- Gosnell v. WhetselSupreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Southern States Cooperative, Inc. v. Townsend Grain & Feed Co. (In Re L. B. Trucking, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Delaware · 1994
- Nutt v. GAF Corp.Superior Court of Delaware · 1987