WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. COWIN & CO.

No. 7584.

20 F.2d 103 (1927)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. COWIN & CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

May 17, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Burke Elliott, of Minneapolis, Minn. (N. M. Coursolle, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Francis R. Stark, of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Herbert T. Park, of Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant in error.

Before LEWIS and BOOTH, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, District Judge.


PHILLIPS, District Judge.

Cowin & Co. brought this action against the Western Union Telegraph Company to recover for damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of an error in the transmission of a telegram.

The Pfeffer Construction Company was about to submit a bid, as the principal contractor, for the construction of a school building at Duluth, Minn. Cowin & Co., desiring to bid as a subcontractor for the furnishing of the steel to be used...

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