Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Liddell

Citations

• 68 Miss. 1

Syllabus

<p>1. Teleskaph Company. Negligence. Cause of injury.</p> <p>To recoven the value of a lost valise and contents, plaintiff sued a telegraph company for failure to send a message to Greenwood, where the valise had been left, and where it was last seen the day before plaintiff attempted to send the message which requested a search. In the absence of evidence that the valise was still there, held, that there was no such connection between the failure to send the message and the loss of the valise as entitled plaintiff to recover.</p> <p>2. Teleokam. Failure to send. Non-payment of charges.</p> <p>Mere delivery to a telegraph operator of a written message (not on the usual blank) addressed to a person in a neighboring town, without payment of charges or anything being said with reference to that or the sending of the message, is insufficient to create a liability against tlxe company for failure to send such message.</p>