Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Melvin

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The plaintiff (appellee) recovered a judgment against the defendant (appellant) in the court below for the sum of $350.00 for damages alleged to have been suffered by him because of the negligent failure of the defendant, on October 28, 1914, to promptly transmit $15.00 from Paintsville, Kentucky, to Alger, Ohio, to the plaintiff’s daughter, Mrs. Gf oldie Lemasters, pursuant to a contract that day entered into between plaintiff and defendant.

The record has been filed in this court with a motion for an-appeal. Among the errors relied upon are that…