Supreme Court of Arkansas March 16, 1908 (Hoyt v. Western Union Telegraph Co.)

Battle, j.

This action was brought on the nth day of August, 1906, by W. D. Hoyt against the Western Union Tele; graph Company in the Polk Circuit Court, to recover damages on account of the failure of the defendant to promptly transmit and deliver a telegram.

Omitting the first paragraph, the complaint is as follows:

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