Legal Opinion
Russ v. . Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 8, 1943PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEAWELL. J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.
BARNHILL. J., dissenting. Civil action to recover damages for alleged negligent failure to deliver a prepaid, unrepeated, intrastate telegram, sent from Elizabethtown, N.C. in words and figures as follows, to wit:
"February 1, 1942
"Mr. A. P. Russ P. O. Box 402 Lumberton, N.C. "Papa's dead, Burying Eleven Monday. J. A. Russ."
This message was filed with the defendant's agency in Elizabethtown on Sunday morning for transmission by telephone to its Lumberton office when it opened at five o'clock that afternoon. It was so transmitted. The…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Young v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Hendricks v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BroescheTexas Supreme Court · 1889
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Stanback v. StanbackSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- Lamm v. ShingletonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1949
- Clomon v. Monroe City School Bd.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- Trammell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.California Court of Appeal · 1976
- Larsen v. Banner Health SystemWyoming Supreme Court · 2003
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