McNeil v. Postal-Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Woodbury District Court. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. Action to recover damages growing out of defendant’s failure to promptly deliver u telegram. Trial to a jury. Yerdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $900, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
Plaintiffs were dealers in lime and cement at Sioux City, Iowa, in January of the year 1911, and on the 20th day of that month at 3 o’clock p. m., the Western States Portland Cement Company of Kansas City, Mo., delivered a telegram addressed to plaintiffs in the following words: “Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 20, ’ll. IT. C. McNeil & Son, Sioux City, Iowa. Price paving job one seventy nine which. includes forty cents sac. Western States Portland Cement Co.” The rate charged was duly paid; but the message was not delivered to plaintiffs until the morning of January 21st. Plaintiffs .alleged in their…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Derby v. FlitnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Manville v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- McPeek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FatmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Herron v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1894
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