Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit May 26, 1920, No. 3506 (Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.)

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was an action by the defendants in error (herein referred to as the plaintiffs) against the plaintiff in error, the Western Union Telegraph Company (herein referred to as the defendant), for the alleged amount of the loss or damage occasioned to the former by the latter’s negligent failure to transmit correctly a cable message addressed and sent on September 13, 1917,