Legal Opinion
Vaigneur v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided July 25, 1940No. 109PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TAYLOR, District Judge.
In this case, at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, upon motion of defendant, the jury was directed to return a verdict for the defendant, the court being of opinion that the plaintiff’s evidence failed to establish facts upon which, as matter of law, the defendant could be required to respond in damages.
The uncontroverted proof is that the telegram was sent from South Carolina to the addressee in care of the Knoxville News-Sentinel, a daily newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee, which has many employees; that the message was delivered to the switchboard operator,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Southern Express Co. v. ByersSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PendletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PriesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Ivy Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company and New York Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- North American Phillips Corporation v. Emery Air Freight CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. v. General Telephone & Electronics Corp.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1978
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JunkerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1941
- Price v. the Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1945
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