Legal Opinion
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Priester
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 20, 1928No. 183 and 189PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Respondent delivered to petitioner a message for transmission over its telegraph lines from a point in Alabama' to a point in Louisiana by which respondent offered to sell to the addressee a quantity of pecans at fifty cents per pound. In the message as transmitted the word “ fifteen ” was substituted for the word “ fifty.” Respondent, who in consequence of the error suffered damage in the sum of $352.10, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Butler County, Alabama, to recover for petitioner’s negligence in failing to transmit the message as given. The company pleaded that (a) as the message…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. DerbySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- The Steamboat New World v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
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3Cited by45 opinions
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