Ayer v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. An action to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by the negligence of the defendant in transmitting his telegraphic message to A. W. Yon Utassy, Philadelphia. The opinion states the facts. cited: Bartlett v. Western Union .Tel. Co. 62 Maine, 209 ; True v. International Tel. Co. 60 Maine, 9; Gray, Communication by Telegraph, § 105 ; May v. Weston Union Tel.
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On report. An action to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by the negligence of the defendant in transmitting his telegraphic message to A. W. Yon Utassy, Philadelphia. The opinion states the facts. cited: Bartlett v. Western Union .Tel. Co. 62 Maine, 209 ; True v. International Tel. Co. 60 Maine, 9; Gray, Communication by Telegraph, § 105 ; May v. Weston Union Tel. Co. 112 Mass. 90; Boston and Albany R. R. Co. v. Richardson, 135 Mass. 472, contended, that there was no contract between the plaintiff and the person to whom the message was sent. Assuming that the telegraph company was…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
On report. The defendant telegraph company was engaged in the business of transmitting messages by *496telegraph between Bangor and Philadelphia, and other points. The plaintiff, a lumber dealer in Bangor, delivered to the defendant company in Bangor, to be transmitted to his correspondent in Philadelphia, the following' message: "Will sell 800M. laths, delivered at your wharf, two ten net cash. July shipment. Answer quick.” The regular tariff rate was prepaid by the plaintiff for such transmission.. The message delivered by the defendant company, to the Philadelphia correspondent was as follows…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Saveland v. GreenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ShotterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
- Morgan v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
- Wilson v. Minneapolis & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
3Cited by15 opinions
- Union Constr. Co. v. Western Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Strong v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1910
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CrallSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888
- Gillis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1889
- Des Arc Oil Mill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
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