Barnett v. Western Union Tel. Co.

The plaintiff claims

damages for delay in delivering a message.

The plaintiff alleged that to the knowledge of the defendant he was engaged in the cotton business in the City of Opelousas; that the defendant was in the business of transmitting messages by telegraph from Opelousas to New Orleans; that the price of cotton on the exchanges is subject to sudden fluctuations and that promptness in the transmission and delivery of messages in giving orders for the purchase and sale of cotton is of the utmost importance as defendant well knows that John M. Parker Co. in New Orleans is engaged in the…