Appellate Court of Illinois December 29, 1885 (Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Harris & Comstock)

Baker, J.

In Tyler, Ullman & Co. v. W. U. Tel. Co., 60 Ill. 421, and W. U. Tel. Co. v. Tyler et al., 74 Id. 168, it was held that regulations exempting telegraph companies from liability for errors in unrepeated messages, exempt them only from errors arising from causes beyond their own control; and that notwithstanding special conditions in a contract, such companies are bound to use at least