Mowry v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Onondaga county court. Action by Henry J. Mowry and George M. Barnes against the Western Union Telegraph Company, for damages caused by delay in transmitting a telegram. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
That this action was properly brought against the defendant is not questioned. On August 7, 1885, the plaintiffs received through a telegraph office at Syracuse, managed and controlled by the defendant, the following message: “Dated, Chicago, Illinois, 7th. Deceived at Syracuse, *667N. Y., 11:50 A. m., August 7, 1885. To Mowry <& Barnes: Pickled hams, sixteens, nine and a half; shoulders, five quarters; lard, six thirty-two and a half; beef hams, nineteen. Armour & Co.” On the same day, and after the receipt of this message, the plaintiffs prepared and caused to be delivered to the defendant at…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leonard v. New York, Albany & Buffalo Electro Magnetic Telegraph Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Squire v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Manville v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Rittenhouse v. . Independent Line of TelegraphNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
- Thompson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
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- Purdom Naval Stores Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 1907
- Will v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896