Western Union Telegraph Co. v. DeSouza

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Mrs. DeSouza (plaintiff) has recovered of the Western Union Telegraph Company $515.90, with interest from September 28, 1922, and the company is here prosecuting a writ of error to the judgment.

The basis of the plaintiff’s claim is that by her agent, W. F. Saunders, she deposited with the company’s agent at Bedford, Va., on September 28, 1922, $500, to be forthwith transmitted to her at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and paid $15.90 for transfer charges, telegraph tolls, and tax (10 cents).

The money has never been received by the plaintiff. There was a…