Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Bassett
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 15, 1916PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from the circuit court of Lee county. Hon. Claude Clayton, Judge. Suit by Frank H. Bassett against the Western Union Telegraph Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtPotter, J.
This suit was brought in a justice of the peace court and appealed to the circuit court, and from a judgment there for eighty-one dollars and forty cents is appealed here, and is for actual damages for the incorrect transmission of a telegram addressed to the appellee.
Said message was sent from Tupelo, Miss., to Jackson, Miss., and is as follows:
“May 13, 1909, F. H. Bassett, Jackson, Miss. Can get .games Friday and Saturday. Sixty forty. No guarantee. Wire answer. [Signed] C. R. Sharp.”
In transmitting the telegram from Sharp to Bassett the words “no guarantee” were changed to “to guarantee,”…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Commercial Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Postal Telegraph & Cable Co. v. WellsMississippi Supreme Court · 1903
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