Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Shannon
Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Shannon
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action is based on unreasonable delay in the delivery of a telegraphic dispatch, claiming actual damages and also $25, the statutory penalty; and the company appeals because the court below allowed this penalty in addition to the actual damage. Appellant relies alone on the Code of 1906 as it appears in print with the notations of the annotators, while the appellee thinks the notes are not evidence, and that the company had to show, negatively, that the section had not been enrolled. He further urges that, even if the section (4879a) which he invokes for the penalty is not a part of
Reversed and remanded.
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