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WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. SPEIGHT

No. 241.

254 U.S. 17 (1920)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. SPEIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 25, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rush Taggart, with whom Mr. Francis R. Stark, Mr. Walter E. Daniel, Mr. Charles W. Tillett and Mr. Thomas C. Guthrie were on the brief, for petitioner.

No brief filed for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit brought in a state court by the respondent against the petitioner, the Telegraph Company, to recover for mental suffering caused by a mistake in delivering a telegraphic message. The message handed to the defendant was "Father died this morning. Funeral tomorrow, 10:10 a.m.," and was dated January 24. As delivered to the plaintiff on January 24 it was dated...

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