Postal Telegraph & Cable Co. v. Wells
Mississippi Supreme Court
Prom tbe circuit court of Warren county. Hon. George Anderson, Judge. Wells, appellee, was plaintiff, and tbe telegraph company, appellant, was defendant in tbe court below. Prom a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, tbe defendant appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Wells bad no- contract with tbe telegraph company.
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Prom tbe circuit court of Warren county. Hon. George Anderson, Judge. Wells, appellee, was plaintiff, and tbe telegraph company, appellant, was defendant in tbe court below. Prom a judgment in plaintiff’s favor, tbe defendant appealed to tbe supreme court. Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court. Wells bad no- contract with tbe telegraph company. Tbe contract with tbe telegraph company for tbe sending of tbe message, which was changed in transmission, was with Reynolds & Company. The contractual relations existed between Reynolds & Company and the telegraph company. If Reynolds…
1Opinion of the CourtTruly, J.
On the 15th day of October, 1892, appellee, under the style of W. L. Wells & Co., was engaged in the cotton brokerage business in the city of Vicksburg, this state. He had representatives and sales agents in various places, who would obtain offers for cotton from spinners and cotton mills, and transmit the same to appellee; .and, upon acceptance of offer by appellee, the said representative and sales agent would close the trade at the price and for the number of bales agreed on. Among other representatives, appellee had employed F. W. Reynolds & Co., of Providence, R. I. On said date (15th…
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