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Primrose Vs. Western Union Tel. Co.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 26, 1894

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  1. Western Union Tel. Co. Vs. Hall US Supreme Court · Jan 30, 1888
  2. Primrose v. Western
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  3. Union Tel. Co. - 154 U.S. 1 (1894) U.S. Supreme Court Primrose v. Western
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  4. Union Tel. Co., 154 U.S. 1 (1894) Primrose v. Western
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  5. The circuit court, following White v. Western
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  6. Union Tel. Co., 14 F. 710, and Jones v. Western
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  7. are different, and are performed in different ways, and they are not subject to the same liabilities. Express Co. v. Caldwell
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  8. Telegraph Co. v. Texas
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  9. agreed between the sender and the company. As said by Mr. Justice Strong, speaking for this Court, in Express Co. v. Caldwell
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  10. exempt themselves from liability for damages caused by the negligence of themselves or their servants. Railroad Co. v. Lockwood
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  11. Liverpool Steam Co. v. Phenix
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  12. Hart v. Pennsylvania
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  13. not delivering a message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise. In Western Union Tel. Co. v. Hall
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  14. too uncertain and remote. But the reasonableness and validity of such regulations have been upheld in McAndrew v. Electric
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  15. Tel. Co., 17 C.B. 3, and in Baxter v. Dominion
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  16. Camp v. Western
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  17. Union Tel. Co., 1 Met. (Ky.) 164, 168. In Western Union Tel. Co. v. Carew
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  18. In Birney v. New
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  19. was made by the telegraph company or its agents to put the message on its transit. In United States Tel. Co. v. Gildersleve
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  20. In Passmore v. Western
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  21. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Stevenson
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  22. Penn.St. 442, 455. In Breese v. United
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  23. on the part of the company and that, the message not having been repeated, the company was not liable. In Kiley v. Western
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  24. Court of Massachusetts, the reasonableness and validity of such regulations have been repeatedly affirmed. Ellis v. American
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  25. Redpath v. Western
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  26. Grinnell v. Western
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  27. Clement v. Western
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  28. after he received it, and could not therefore have agreed to them in advance. Such were New York & Washington Tel. Co. v. Dryburg
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  29. Page 154 U. S. 22 Harris v. Western
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  30. Union Tel. Co., 9 Phila. 88, and De la Grange v. Southwestern
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  31. and comprehensive provision substituted by which, in effect, all liability beyond the price paid was avoided. True v. International
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  32. Bartlett v. Western
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  33. Candee v. Western
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  34. Hibbard v. Western
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  35. The passage cited from the opinion of the circuit court of appeals in Delaware & Atlantic Telephone Co. v. Postal
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  36. had regard, as is evident from the context, and from the reference to Budd v. New
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  37. to serve all alike, without discrimination, and which make them subject to legislative regulation. In Rittenhouse v. Telegraph
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  38. Daly, 474, 44 N.Y. 263, and in Turner v. Hawkeye
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  39. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Meek
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  40. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Fenton
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  41. have it repeated and pay half that sum in addition has been held against public policy and void appear to be Tyler v. Western
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  42. Ayer v. Western
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  43. Telegraph Co. v. Griswold
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  44. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Crall
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  45. Western Union Tel. Co. v. Howell
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  46. Kan. 685, and a charge to the jury by Mr. Justice Woods, when circuit judge, as reported in Dorgan v. Telegraph
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  47. his own reports. The fullest statement of reasons, perhaps, on that side of the question, is to be found in Tyler v. Western
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  48. of their liability within Page 154 U. S. 28 narrower limits than were allowed to common carriers in Hart v. Pennsylvania
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  49. when making the contract, as likely to result from its breach. This was directly adjudged in Western Union Tel. Co. v. Hall
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  50. U. S. 444 . In Hadley v. Baxendale
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