de La Grange v. Southwestern Telegraph Co.

This is an action to make the Southwestern Telegraph Company responsible for loss on goods, resulting from error in a. telegraphic message.

The material facts are, that a Mrs. Tayloe, at Demopolis, Alabama, telegraphed to plaintiff, in New Orleans, to send to her immediately, by express, to Macon Station, Alabama, certain valuable goods, which were needed on a particular day. The dispatch delivered by defendants directed the goods to be sent to Marion Station, Alabama, and in consequence were never received by Mrs. Tayloe, but after some months they were returned by the express company and…