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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. CHILES

No. 168.

214 U.S. 274 (1909)

29 S.Ct. 613

53 L.Ed. 994

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. CHILES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr Francis Raymond Stark, with whom Mr. George H. Fearons, Mr. Robert M. Hughes and Mr. Rush Taggart were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr W.D. Stoakley for defendant in error, by special leave.

MR. JUSTICE MOODY delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, a gunner in the Navy, was stationed on board the U.S.S. Abarenda, which was lying at the Norfolk Navy Yard. A telegram addressed to him aboard the ship was received for transmission at Richmond, Va., thence transmitted, so far as appears with due dispatch, to Portsmouth, Va., which adjoins the Norfolk Navy Yard, and is the place to which telegrams directed to the navy yard are commonly sent...

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