WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. HALL


124 U.S. 444 (1888)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. HALL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 30, 1888.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wager Swayne for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles A. Clark, Mr. Crom. Bowen, and Mr. Whiting S. Clark submitted on their brief, which, to the same point, was as follows:


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

The view we take of this case requires us, in answer to the fourth question certified, to say that, in the circumstances disclosed by the record, the plaintiff was entitled only to recover nominal damages, and not the difference in value of the oil if it had been purchased on the day when the message ought to have been delivered and the market...

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