Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Allsworth

Citations

• 124 Miss. 221
• 86 So. 762

Syllabus

<p>Telegraphs and Telephones. Conditions on bade of interstate telegram exempting company from damages beyond stated amount held binding.</p> <p>Where a suit was instituted for damages for the nondelivery of a telegram, and a special plea was filed alleging that the message was an interstate message, and that conditions written on the back of the telegram exempted the company from damages * beyond a certain amount stated therein, it was error to sustain a demurrer to such pleas, and where the amount recovered was in excess of the maximum amount stipulated for in the contract, the judgment will be reversed.</p>