Legal Opinion
Purdom Naval Stores Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
Decided May 3, 1907PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The Purdom Naval Stores Company brings its-action for damages against the Western Union Telegraph *329Company for an alleged failure to deliver a telegram. The petition states that on September 19, 1905, the Pineville Naval Stores Company made to the plaintiff an offer in writing to sell its turpentine and naval stores business, with all property and effects, located at Hahira, Ga., for the sum of $13,900. This offer, after describing the property in question, is as follows:
“We offer the above property when we have finished our year’s business for $13,900.”
By agreement,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railway Co. v. ClarkSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Townsend v. HargravesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. WaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
- Williams v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1860
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Edwards Mfg. Co. v. Bradford Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LangeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1918
- Pierce v. Gillet & Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1935
- Smith v. FarringtonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1942