Harper v. Weston Union Telegraph Co.

November 14, 1925. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an action for $167.54 damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs as a result of the incorrect transmission of a telegram sent by the plaintiffs at Estill, S.C. to a produce company at Richmond, Va., relating to a contemplated sale by the plaintiffs to the produce company of a carload of sweet potatoes.

The facts of the case are as follows: On February 20, 1924, the produce company at Richmond wired the plaintiffs at Estill asking for a quotation upon a certain kind of potatoes. In reply the plaintiffs wired…