United States Telegraph Co. v. Wenger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an action on the case by M. G. Wenger, brought November 19th 1864, against the United States Telegraph Company. The plaintiff employed George H. Reed, a broker, of the firm of Reed, McGrann & Co., to order for him 50 shares of North Western Railroad stock, and 50 shares of Prairie du Chien stock. He testified that he went to the office of the company to order it.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster county. This was an action on the case by M. G. Wenger, brought November 19th 1864, against the United States Telegraph Company. The plaintiff employed George H. Reed, a broker, of the firm of Reed, McGrann & Co., to order for him 50 shares of North Western Railroad stock, and 50 shares of Prairie du Chien stock. He testified that he went to the office of the company to order it. The message given by him was written under printed conditions of the company, as follows :— “ Inland and American Telegraph Lines to Philadelphia, New York, &c., and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, July 3d 1867, by
Thompson, J.
— The broker of the plaintiff below, ordered the I purchase of certain stocks in New York for him, by telegraph, on | the 10th October, 1864, and having prepaid the charges gave the j message to the defendants for transmission to his correspondents | named therein. The message it appears got no further than \ Philadelphia, although the defendants’ line extended to Portland, Maine. No such reason as thelaw would recognise, indeedno reason), at all, was given for the failure to transmit the message to its destination. Thus, was…
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