Jacob v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Brooke, J. Case by Abram Jacob against the Western Union Telegraph Company for delay in transmitting a message. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
On the 10th oí September, 1900, plaintiff wrote a broker in New York to buy him a car of lemons. On the 12th of the same month plaintiff desired to reduce this order, and so sent by defendant a telegram to buy only 60 boxes. This telegram was delivered in Detroit at a quarter before 8 or a quarter before 9 in the morning. The telegram was sent to the office of defendant by a messenger boy, who gave notice that plaintiff wished the message to be in New York by 11 a. m. The message was sent without delay to Buffalo, but was there *602delayed by a storm which interrupted communication with New York,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rudell v. Ogdensburg Transit Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1898
- Birkett v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Fleischner v. Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1893
3Cited by1 opinion
- Commercial Milling Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1908