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  "name": "Western Union Telegraph Company v. Culpepper",
  "name_abbreviation": "Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Culpepper",
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      "Western Union Telegraph Company v. Culpepper."
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        "text": "Hart, J.\nO. N. Culpepper sued the Western Union Telegraph Company to recover damages for mental anguish alleged to have been suffered by him. The plaintiff resided in the suburbs of El Dorado, in Union County, Arkansas, and the message which is the foundation of this action, was addressed to him alt El Dorado, in the State of Arkansas, and sent from Campti, in the State of Louisiana.\nThere is no item of expense for the telegram' or for a messenger fee sued for \u00a1or \u00a1alleged to have been paid \u00a1by the plaintiff; and we have held that an action for mental anguish will not lie under our statutes for negligence- in the 'transmission or delivery of an interstate message. See Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Johnson, 115 Ark. 564.\nIt follows that the judgment of the court below must be reversed \u00a1and the cause of action dismissed.",
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        "author": "Hart, J."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Geo. Ii. Fearons and Gau-ghan <& Sifford, for appellant."
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    "head_matter": "Western Union Telegraph Company v. Culpepper.\nOpinion delivered October 18, 1915.\n.Telegraph companies \u2014 failure to deliver inter-state message \u2014 mental anguish. \u2014 An action for damages for mental anguish will not lie under \u00a1the Arkansas 'Statutes, for negligence in the transmission or delivery of an interstate telegraph message.\nAppeal from Union Circuit Court; Charles W. Smith, Judge;\nreversed.\nGeo. Ii. Fearons and Gau-ghan <& Sifford, for appellant.\n1. There is no item of expense for the telegram or messenger fee and an action for mental anguish does not lie under our statutes for negligence in the transmission of an interstate message. 115 Ark. 564."
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