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Show WESTERN UNION TO PAYDAMAGES Washington, Nov. 2S Because the Western Union Telegraph .company-failed .company-failed In transinii a message from !-trolf, !-trolf, Michigan, to Kansas City, Missouri, Mis-souri, after accepting it, the supreme court of the United Suites held the telegraph company liable for more than $300 damages. The company le-crlvod le-crlvod forty cents to scud the message. mes-sage. The message was written on a telegraph tele-graph blank which eontalued an agree nienl that in ease of non-delivery the telegnipii company would be "liable only lor amount received for sending the message. The- Michigan courts awarded judgment judg-ment in favor of the sender, holding that the contract was invalid because it was in conflict with a state law that regulated the liability. The supreme court .today approved the judgment of tho Mlcnigan courts. |