Miazza v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
This is a suit against a telegraph company, in which it is alleged that the plaintiff deposited in Atlanta with the company ten dollars and paid the charges for its transmission by telegraph to a person in South Carolina; that the company unreasonably delayed the sending of the money from 11:44 a. m. until 3 p. m. on the same day, so that the money was never delivered to the addressee; and that the company was liable to the plaintiff sender in the sum of five hundred dollars, under and by virtue of the agreement between the parties on the back of the money-order form. Plaintiff alleges that…
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