Court Opinion

ID: 8825651
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-26 15:46:38.029715+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:04:46.165174
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice McDonald delivered the opinion of the court. Abstract of the Decision. 1. Telegraphs and telephones, § 32*—what is measure of damages for error in transmission of telegram. Where a telegram in' which the plaintiff offered to purchase potatoes at sixty-nine cents a bushel was erroneously transmitted by the defendant so as to read seventy-nine cents, which offer was accepted by the addressee, and after the error had been discovered the shipment was made and paid for by the plaintiff at the latter price, held that in the absence of any proof as to the value of the potatoes at the time in question and of evidence from which it could be reasonably inferred that the -plaintiff suffered any loss by reason of the alleged negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff was entitled to recover only the amount paid for the transmission of the telegram and interest thereon. 2. Telegraphs and telephones, § 37*—when burden of proof is on plaintiff. In an action for damages alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant in transmitting a telegram, held that the burden of proving the damages was on the plaintiff.