Bashinsky v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Sandersville — Judge Hyman. October 24, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
Bennett & Company sued tlie telegraph icompany in the city court of Sandersville, for $1,999.99, damages for an alleged delay of two hours and thirty minutes in the delivery of the following cipher message: “Minnoben, Sandersville, Georgia. Devium Lichbades digrassa licoperdo gabbiola marntium argeorum liabamus balance haspicoll bemen.” Plaintiffs alleged that this telegram was from a broker in Bremen, for the purchase of ■two hundred bales of middling lint cotton, each weighing five hundred pounds, at the price of 6.20 cl per pound for middling’ cotton and 6.25 d for good middling.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Blanchard, Williams & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1882
- Mills v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Beatty Lumber Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Clay v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FatmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Finley v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Hall v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1910
- Cronheim v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Moss & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Davenport v. Western Union Tel. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1932
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