WEST. UN. TEL. CO. v. CROVO

Nos. 81, 87.

220 U.S. 364 (1911)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CROVO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis Raymond Stark, with whom Mr. George H. Fearons, Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Henry D. Estabrook were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J. Kent Rawley for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE LURTON delivered the opinion of the court.

Action to recover statutory penalty for the negligent failure to promptly transmit a prepaid message accepted at the Richmond office of the telegraph company, addressed to a business correspondent at Brockton, New York. The declaration averred that the negligence occurred in the office at Richmond.

There was issue joined and a jury. The defendant demurred to the...

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