Western Union Telegraph Co. v. McDaniel

The questions in this case arise on the evidence, and it is unnecessary to say anything more of the pleadings than that the complaint seeks a recovery of the statutory penalty directed against telegraph companies guilty of a breach of duty.

The message which the appellee left with appellant’s agent at Fowler, in this State, was addressed thus: “ To Mrs. La Fountain, Kankakee.” The sender of the message testified that “ The despatch was intended for Louis La Fountain, but was sent to Mrs. La Fountain for him.” The operator at Fowler was called as a witness by the appellee, and in the course of…