Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Birge-Forbes Co.

BOOKHOUT, Associate Justice.

Appellee, a corporation engaged in the cotton business, brought this suit against the Western Union Telegraph Company in the County Court of Grayson County, on December 6, 1900, for $901, damages claimed to have been sustained by it on account of the alleged negligence of the defendant in transmitting and delivering a telegraphic message filed at Sherman, Texas, on September 13, 1900, addressed to C. H. Hinge & Co., New Orleans, La., signed by the plaintiff, and reading, “All right. Sell bluffing each described amply,” it being alleged that the plaintiff thereby…