True v. International Telegraph Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On facts agreed in the superior court for this county. On January 12, 1870, the plaintiffs received a telegram, at Portland, from Messrs. Radeliff & P itterson, of Baltimore, offering to sell them a cargo of corn, at ninety cents per bushel.
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On facts agreed in the superior court for this county. On January 12, 1870, the plaintiffs received a telegram, at Portland, from Messrs. Radeliff & P itterson, of Baltimore, offering to sell them a cargo of corn, at ninety cents per bushel. Thereupon one of the plaintiffs went to the office of the defendants, in Portland, and, calling for one of the defendants’ ‘ night-message blanks,’ wrote thereon, the tenor of which, with that of the blank on which it was written, was as follows : ‘ NIGHT-MESSAGE BLANKS. Office managers will not receive “ night messages ” unless written hereunder, and…
1Dissent
*28The following dissenting opinion was pronounced by
Appleton, C. J.
This is an action on the case against the defendant corporation for negligence in not delivering a night message.
It is agreed that on the 12th of January, 1870, the plaintiff received a telegram from Radcliff & Patterson, of Baltimore, offering to sell them a cargo of corn at ninety cents per bushel; that the plaintiffs went to the office of the defendants, and, calling for one of the ‘night-message blanks,’ wrote thereon a telegram in reply, .which is made part of the case and will be hereafter considered.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States Telegraph Co. v. GildersleveCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Crawford v. CollinsNew York Supreme Court · 1866
- Smithson v. United States Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1868
- Breese v. United States Telegraph Co.New York Supreme Court · 1866
- Sheldon v. HawesMichigan Supreme Court · 1867
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