Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Arnold

DISSENTING OPINION.

KEY, Associate Justice.

Not being able to concur with his associates as to the disposition made of this case, the writer will state the grounds upon which his dissent rests. The main question in the case has been certified to and decided by the Supreme Court, and I have no fault to find with that decision, which settles the law of the case against the plaintiffs as to all the damages sued for, except the contract price paid by them for transmitting the message. That the petition states a cause of action for .the latter sum is not denie.d by the majority opinion.

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