Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Merritt
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the Court En Banc. Writ of Error- to the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Statement. The defendants in error, hereinafter called the plaintiffs, on the 4th of February, 1907, filed in the circuit court of Escambia county, the following declaration, with a statement of damages, against the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant: “In Escambia County Circuit Court, State of Florida.
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This case was decided by the Court En Banc. Writ of Error- to the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Statement. The defendants in error, hereinafter called the plaintiffs, on the 4th of February, 1907, filed in the circuit court of Escambia county, the following declaration, with a statement of damages, against the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called the defendant: “In Escambia County Circuit Court, State of Florida. John A. Merritt, R. H. Turner, Jr., L. H. Green, Rix M. Robinson, Bryan Dunwody, Adrian Dunwody, S. A. Dunwody, I. H. Aiken, John Christie, Thomas Johnson, Arthur Johnson, C.…
1Opinion of the Court
Parkhill, J.,
{after stating the facts.)—The first and third assignments of error complain of the action of the court in permitting the witness, John D. Eastman, to testify as to certain losses suffered by plaintiffs in ef • fecting and performing a new charter of this vessel; the plaintiffs claiming that the new charter and the losses occasioned thereby were caused by the wrongful transmission of the telegram from Merritt to Eastman. ' The losses testified to by Eastman consisted of expenses incurred by plaintiffs in endeavoring to effect a new charter for the vessel, additional expenditures,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Roberson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1898
- Leonard v. New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Hinote v. BrigmanSupreme Court of Florida · 1902
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. LathropIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- McSwain v. HowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
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