Sultan v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Citations

• 92 Miss. 785
• 46 So. 827

Syllabus

<p>Telegraph Company. Failure to deliver message. Damages. Loss of option.</p> <p>Where plaintiff, having an option to buy bank stock, telegraphed for funds with which to purchase it, but the telegraph company, with full knowledge of the facts, negligently and unreasonably delayed delivering the answer supplying him funds until plaintiff had . lost the option and could buy the stock only at an advance on the option price, the company is liable to plaintiff for the difference between the advanced and the option prices of the stock.</p>