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Shawnee Milling Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 7, 1917No. 20,912PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Shawnee district court, division No. 1; Alston W. Dana, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

*308The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff recovered a judgment for damages against the defendant for an error in the transmission of a telegram delivered orally by telephone for forwarding to a firm of grain dealers in Wichita. The telegram was partly in code. It reads:

“Topeka, Kansas, August 7th, 1914.
“Wagner Grain Co., Wichita, Kansas.
“Perfume have booked fluting accursed debating Kansas City basis boundary.
“Shawnee Mlg. Co.”

The telegram was an acceptance of an offer of ten thousand bushels of wheat. The code word for such a purchase was “fluting.” It was erroneously…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Caster v. Kansas Postal-Telegraph-Cable Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  2. American Union Telegraph Co. v. DaughterySupreme Court of Alabama · 1889
  3. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. TylerIllinois Supreme Court · 1874
  4. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. CrallSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888
  5. Russell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1896

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Wille v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1976
  2. Kerr Steamship Co. v. Radio Corp. of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  3. Danisco Ingredients USA, Inc. v. Kansas City Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1999
  4. Holman v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1973
  5. Burdick v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1984

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