Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Carver

TARLTON, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, appellee, dealt in the purchase and sale of cattle, and on January 26, 1993, there was an active market for yearlings and cows in the vicinity of Hico, Texas, and Fort Worth. Prices were appreciating, and the plaintiff, desiring to purchase a large number of such cattle in the neighborhood of Hico, had there placed W. T. Thompson as his agent to advise him of the condition of the market and to purchase cattle for him.

Thompson had by letter addressed to plaintiff informed him that he could purchase for him a thousand cows at $8.50 per head, and a thousand…