Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Fatman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Telegraph Companies. Damages. Notice. Contracts. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. February Term, 1884. Fatman brought suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company for $499.50, alleging, in brief, as follows: He was a commission merchant, and desired to furnish a vessel to carry cotton to Barcelona, and for that purpose communicated with W. H. Scott & Company, his agents in Liverpool, so as to get the vessel and furnish it on commission.
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Telegraph Companies. Damages. Notice. Contracts. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. February Term, 1884. Fatman brought suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company for $499.50, alleging, in brief, as follows: He was a commission merchant, and desired to furnish a vessel to carry cotton to Barcelona, and for that purpose communicated with W. H. Scott & Company, his agents in Liverpool, so as to get the vessel and furnish it on commission. They sent to him, in reply, the following cipher dispatch: “10 L’pool, rollona “1 12 1882 “To Witwal “10 24 a “Sav’h. “Casting Troubadour,…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This is an action brought by a ship broker in Savannah against the 'Western Union Telegraph Company for unreasonable delay in delivering a cablegram, whereby the broker was damaged the loss of his commissions from a contractor to take his ship, the time given the broker having expired and his customer having taken another ship by reason of the delay of the company in delivering the cablegram. No question is made on any error in the transmission to Savannah or delay in reaching that city; but delay in the failure to deliver to the broker after it reached Savannah, is the…
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