Taylor, Farr & Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Fayette District Court. — Hon. W. A. Hoyt,. Judge. This is an action to recover damages by reason of the delay of the defendant in transmitting a telegram from Webster, in the state of South Dakota, to Aberdeen, in the same state. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
1 I. On the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth day of March, 1893, the plaintiffs shipped a car load of horses from West Union, in this state, destined to Monango, N. D. The shipment was in charge oi Taylor, a member of plaintiffs’ firm. The car arrived at a transfer near St. Paul on Saturday morning, where the horses were unloaded and fed, and were reloaded at about 6 o’clock in the evening, and proceeded on over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to Aberdeen, in South Dakota, where it was necessary to remain over night, and reship from that point on the following morning. Before reaching…
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- Sutton v. Town of WauwatosaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1871
- Arnold v. PotterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
- Schmid v. HumphreySupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
- Indiana ex rel. Stone v. HelmerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1866
- Tingle v. C., B. & Q. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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