Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.

Citations

• 251 U.S. 27
• 40 S. Ct. 69
• 64 L. Ed. 118
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1846

Syllabus

<p>Under the Act of June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 545, a telegraph company providing one rate for unrepeated interstate messages and another, higher rate for those repeated, may stipulate for a reasonable limitation of its responsibility when the lower rate is paid; and the validity of such contracts is not determinable by state laws. P. 30.</p> <p>116 Mississippi, 660, reversed.</p>