ST. LOUIS v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY

No. 94.

148 U.S. 92 (1893)

ST. LOUIS v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.C. Marshall for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John F. Dillon, (with whom was Mr. Rush Taggart on the brief,) and Mr. Elenious Smith, (with whom were Mr. Charles W. Wells, Mr. Willard Brown and Mr. George H. Fearons on the brief,) for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

At the threshold of the case we are met with the objection that there are no special findings of facts, and that, therefore, our inquiry is limited to questions arising upon the pleadings, or upon rulings made by the court during the progress of the trial. We have had occasion in a recent case, coming from the same court, to consider to what extent our inquiry may go in a case tried by...

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