Postal Telg. Cable Co. v. Louisville Cotton Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 104. — ACTION BY THE LOUISVILLE COTTON OIL COMPANY AGAINST THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH- _ CABLE COMPANY — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court (Common Pleas Branch, First Division), Emmet Field, Judge. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Carroll
— Reversing.
At 4:16 p. m. on September 11, 1905, R. D. Winsliip & Co., a firm of brokers in Chicago, sent tlie following telegram to tlie Louisville Cotton Oil Company: *846“Acclimate can sell handsome Bleachable fasten bastile Chicago September answer.” This cipher telegram, when translated, means: “On firm offer can sell 10 tank cars Bleachable prime summer yellow oil 27c. Chicago September answer.” At 4:40 p. m. on the same day, the Louisville Cotton Oil Company answered this telegram in the following message: “Absurdity Bastile Car Chicago handsome…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Candee v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
- Daughtery v. American Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. LathropIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Reynolds Bros.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1883
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- Louisville & N. R. v. Paul's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1951
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