First Nat. Bank v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

The plaintiff received a telegram from defendant’s agent at Dothan, Ala., which read, •‘Dated Jacksonville, Fla. Wire three hundred dollars, care Western Union now. Phoning to-night. [Signed] ' George X. Malone.”

On the same day, and in response to the above message, plaintiff filed a money transmission application, at Dothan, in the sum of $300, directing defendant to pay to Geo. X. Malone, care Western Union Telegraph Company at Jacksonville, Fla., the said sum of $300, which was paid by plaintiff to defendant at the time of the filing of the transmission application. Upon receipt of the…