Legal Opinion
Crowley Industrial Bag Co. v. Western Union Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 29, 1967No. 2145PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAR, Judge.
Petitioner alleges the erroneous transmission and delivery of a telegram addressed by petitioner to Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, which caused petitioner to lose a contract for the sale of certain Osnaburg Sand Bags and a profit of $25,000.00.
Defendant admitted that on July 21, 1965, plaintiff presented to it a message typed by plaintiff on a Western Union Telegraph Company standard message contract form, addressed to the Defense General Supply Center, as follows:
“3000 PG 60 DAYS AFTER AWARD-6000 PG 90 DAYS AFTER AWARD-6000 PG 120 DAYS AFTER AWARD-6000 PG 150…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Estherwood Rice Mill, Inc. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
3Cited by5 opinions
- Angelo Pavone Enterp., Inc. v. So. Cent. Bell Tel. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Peacock's, Inc. v. South Cent. BellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- E.J. Willhite, D/B/A Willhite Air Conditioning v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Antoine v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Crowley Industrial Bag Co. v. Western Union Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1968