Bowman & Bull Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Samuel H. Trude, Judge, presiding.. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Barnes
The plaintiff in this action delivered to the defendant company a written message on one of its blanks, to be telegraphed from Chicago to Columbus, Ohio, offering eggs to a customer at twenty-three cents a dozen. As delivered to the party the word “three” was omitted. Other minor errors that have no real bearing on the proposition, or defendant’s liability, need not be referred to. In the form thus delivered the offer was accepted and the shipment made before discovery of the error. Settlement was subsequently made between the parties to the telegrams wherein plaintiff took the alleged loss…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Adams Express Company v. CroningerSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Gardner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BilisolySupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917
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