Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Flint River Lumber Co.

The Flint River Lumber Company brought suit against tbe Western Union Telegraph Company in the city court of Decatur county, alleging in its petition, in substance, as follows; On May 31,1897, the plaintiff, in answer to a telegraphic inquiry from R. B. Currier, of Springfield, Massachusetts, asking for prices of lumber in five car-load lots, delivered to the defendant, to be transmitted to Currier, a telegram which read as follows: ' “ For quick shipment and quick net cash will make price twenty fifty; answer.” By a mistake of the telegraph company in transmitting the telegram, when…