Brewer v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 96 Kan. 226
• 150 P. 217
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 354

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Order — Shipment of Eggs — Mistake in Telegram — Measure of Shipper’s Recovery. In an action against a telegraph company for damages resulting from an error in transmitting a telegram ordering a shipment of eggs, the evidence is held sufficient to support findings that they were worth more than the price the shipper was able to obtain for them, and that he understood, and had sufficient ground for understanding, that the order referred to candled eggs.</p>