Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nye & Schneider Co.

Albert, C.

This action was brought by Nye & Schneider Company against the Western Union Telegraph Company to recover damages sustained by the former; by reason of the negligent delay of the latter in transmitting a telegram.

It sufficiently appears, from the pleadings and the evidence, that the plaintiff, whose home office is at Fremont, had a branch office at Morehead, Iowa, where it was engaged in the grain business. On the 13th day of June, 1901, plaintiff’s agent, in charge of the business at the latter place, had a cash offer of 35 cents a bushel for 5,000 bushels of corn, which the…