C. B. Nash Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court for Douglas county, in an action for damages for a failure to transmit and deliver a telegram. The facts alleged in plaintiff’s petition may be briefly stated as follows: At 10:10 o’clock a. m., on Thursday, January 30,1908, the plaintiff, the C. B. Nash Company, delivered to the Western Union Telegraph Company at its main office in the city of Omaha the following telegram: “Shearson, Hammill & Co., 71 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Outbreak tapestry preternatural. Collect. (Signed) The O. B. Nash Company.” Across the face of the telegram was written in…