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WESTERN UNION TEL. CO. v. BROWN

No. 159.

253 U.S. 101 (1920)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. BROWN, EXECUTOR OF LANGE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Beverly L. Hodghead and Mr. Rush Taggart, with whom Mr. Francis R. Stark was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. Samuel Poorman, Jr., for respondents:

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action by Brown, executor of Lange, and Hastings to recover damages from the Western Union Telegraph Company for failure to deliver a message sent by Hastings and Lange to the Lyon County Bank, Yerington, Nevada. A judgment was recovered against the Telegraph Company in the District Court, which was affirmed in the Circuit...

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