VON MEYSENBUG v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

Civil Action No. 526 J.

54 F.Supp. 100 (1944)

VON MEYSENBUG et al. v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

District Court, S. D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

February 9, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Judge and Curtis Basch, both of Daytona Beach, Fla., for plaintiffs.

Loftin, Calkins, Anderson & Scott and Harold B. Wahl, all of Jacksonville, Fla., for defendants.


STRUM, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, sue defendant telegraph company for libel, based upon its transmission of the following telegram from New Orleans, La., to Daytona Beach, Fla.:

"New Orleans, La. July 3 "Mimi, "Care Mrs John E Pierce "Please deliver 420 Goodall St "Daytona Beach Flo

"Last year we were in Daytona with our Mama and Daddie if you stopped committing adultery with...

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