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ESTHERWOOD RICE MILL, INC. v. WESTERN UNION TEL. CO.

No. 41.

127 So.2d 231 (1961)

ESTHERWOOD RICE MILL, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

January 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Porter & Scofield, by Thomas F. Porter, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellant.

Charles T. Everett, Crowley, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE and HOOD, JJ.

TATE, Judge.

The defendant telegraph company (hereinafter "Western Union") appeals from judgment holding it liable for $2,984.49 of monetary damages sustained by the plaintiff rice mill ("Estherwood") through the erroneous transmission of a telegraphic message.

The defendant-appellant principally contends: (a) that recovery for such damages is not permissible under federal law, which exclusively governs the question despite state law to the contrary; (b) that...

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