Turner v. Hawkeye Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from JDa/rdAn District Oourt. Action to recover damages sustained by plaintiff on account of an incorrect telegraphic report of the price of wheat in Chicago sent him under a contract with defendant to furnish daily reports of the market at that city. The cause was submitted to the court without a jury and, upon a finding of facts, judgment was rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $1614 45-100. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
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Appeal from JDa/rdAn District Oourt. Action to recover damages sustained by plaintiff on account of an incorrect telegraphic report of the price of wheat in Chicago sent him under a contract with defendant to furnish daily reports of the market at that city. The cause was submitted to the court without a jury and, upon a finding of facts, judgment was rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $1614 45-100. Defendant appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion. Telegraph companies are bound only to the diligence of good specialists in the particular department. (Wharton on Neg., 755.) To…
1Opinion of the Court
Beck, J. —
Plaintiff is a grain dealer doing business at Steam Boat Eock, Hardin county, and the defendant is a corporation operating a telegraph line from Albia to Northwood, having an office at plaintiff’s place of business. The defendant contracted to furnish plaintiff at Steam Boat Eock daily dispatches, showing the prices of grain, both in Chicago and New York, for the consideration of ten dollars per month. Under this contract, on the 17th day of August, 1874', the defendant’s agent delivered to plaintiff a dispatch showing the market price of wheat in Chicago to be $1.21-| per bushel.…
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