Legal Opinion
Nester v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided November 9, 1938No. 8447-YPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YANKWICH, District Judge.
On September 1, 1937, one of the plaintiffs, Paul Nester, presented himself at the main Los Angeles office of the defendant telegraph company and asked that they transmit telegraphically a money order in the sum of one hundred fifty dollars to the plaintiff Juan C. Charles, at Aramecina, Republic of Honduras. The two plaintiffs were engaged as partners in a mining venture at that place. Nester paid to the Company the'sum of $157.14 for the money order.
Through the negligence of the agents of the defendant telegraph company, the money was missent to British Honduras and…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Sun Printing and Publishing Assn. v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. NesterSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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