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WESTERN UN. TEL. CO. v. ESTEVE BROS. & CO.

No. 491.

256 U.S. 566 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 584

65 L.Ed. 1094

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. ESTEVE BROTHERS & COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. John G. Milburn, with whom Mr. Francis Raymond Stark, Mr. Joseph L. Egan and Mr. W.B. Spencer were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Monte M. Lemann, with whom Mr. J. Blanc Monroe was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

In September, 1917, the Western Union Telegraph Company delivered to Esteve Brothers & Company at New Orleans, Louisiana, an unrepeated cable message from the latter's main office at Barcelona, Spain, directing a sale for future delivery of two thousand bales of cotton. The message actually sent had directed the sale of two hundred bales. The error in transmission...

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