Sweet v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.

The plaintiff sues in trespass on the case for damages arising from the alleged negligence of the defendant in delivering a telegram addressed to him. The message was taken at the company’s office in Boston at 9:10 P. M., November 16, 1895. It was sent to Pawtucket and there received at 9:45 the same evening. The Pawtucket office closed for regular business at nine o’clock, but a person employed by newspapers to send and receive messages for the press was in the office and received the message, leaving it on file for the operator employed by the company, who had left the office for the night.…