Grand Rapids Show Case Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.

Plaintiff claims to have suffered damages in the sum of $371.65 by reason of an error in the transmission of an interstate message sent by defendant for it from the Grand Rapids office to Worcester, Mass., and brings this action to recover such damages. The message was an unrepeated night lettergram and was telephoned by one of plaintiff’s employees to the Postal office. The error in transmission is not denied. While the record discloses that plaintiff did a large amount of telegraphing, its business with defendant alone running between $100 and $200 monthly, and while it admits that it kept…