Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Blanchard, Williams & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Telegraph Companies. Damages. Negligence. Contracts. Cotton Futures. Before Judge WlLLlS. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1881. To the facts reported in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the defendant moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds : (1.) Because the court refused to charge the jury that telegraph companies may limit the measure of their liability to damages by reasonable rules and regulations brought home to the knowledge…
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Telegraph Companies. Damages. Negligence. Contracts. Cotton Futures. Before Judge WlLLlS. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1881. To the facts reported in the decision, it is only necessary to add that the defendant moved for a new trial on the following, among other grounds : (1.) Because the court refused to charge the jury that telegraph companies may limit the measure of their liability to damages by reasonable rules and regulations brought home to the knowledge of, and attended to, by those with whom they deal, and that a rule of a telegraph company requiring important messages to…
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
Blanchard, Williams & Co. sued the Western Union Telegraph Company in an action of assumpsit for the sum of $189.71 as damages claimed to have been sustained in consequence of an error in the transmission of a day message from the city of Columbus to the city of. New York.
The declaration alleges that on the 19th of May, 1879, the plaintiff below caused to be delivered to the defendant a message in writing as follows:
“ Waldron Tainler, New York.
Cover two hundred September, one hundred August.
(Signed) Blanchard, Williams & Co.,”
*304tobe sent and delivered to Waldron & Tainter, New…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leonard v. New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Berry v. Cooper & BoykinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
- Rittenhouse v. . Independent Line of TelegraphNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FontaineSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
- Redd v. Muscogee RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Daughtery v. American Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
- Union Constr. Co. v. Western Union Tel. Co.California Supreme Court · 1912
- Reed v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. PendletonIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. LathropIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
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