Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Hearne

HEAD, Associate Justice.

Appellee instituted this suit in the court below to recover of appellant damages alleged to have resulted to him from an error in the transmission of a telegraphic message.

The message as delivered to appellant was as follows:

“Baird, Texas, January 28, 1887.

uTo F. E. Ohase, Fort Worth, Texas:

“Return note left by Hearne; draw for five hundred dollars.

“A. G. Wills, Cashier.”

The message as transmitted and delivered to the addressee was as follows:

“Baird, Texas, January 28, 1887. “To B. B. Olíase, Fort Worth, Texas:

“Return note left by Hearne; order for five hundred dollars.