Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pratt

Opinion of the court by

Gillette, J:

In this case the defendant in error, plaintiff in the court below, brought suit against the Western Union Tedegraph Co., in the probate court of Noble county, O. T., to recover damages, and the statutory penalty for- faiU ure to correctly transmit and deliver a message from the agent of plaintiff at Yian, I. T., to the plaintiff at Perry, O. T.

The trial in the court below resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in the sum of $120.00 damages, nothing having been allowed as statutory penalty.

The contract was an Indian Territory contract, and the…