Rixon v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 271 Pa. 67
• 114 A. 367
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 455

Syllabus

<p>Telegraph companies — Negligence — Nonliability when under government control.</p> <p>A telegraph company is not liable to a person injured by reason of the negligence of one of its employees, where the negligent act was committed after the company’s system had been taken over by the federal government under the joint resolution of Congress of July 16, 1918, c. 154, 40 Stat. 904.</p>