Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 18, 1908PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Civil actioN, tried before Neal, J., and a jury, at September Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of MartiN County. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
ClaeK, O. J.
At 4:20 P. M. (by evidence for defendant), 12 January, 1906, the plaintiff’s mother caused the following telegram to be delivered to defendant’s agent at Lowell, N. O.:
“E. A. Edwards,
J amesville, N. G.
“Tour father is dying; come at once.
“Isabel Edwards.”
Later in that day, near 5 or 6 P. M., by witness for plaintiff, and 10:20 P. M.,'according’ to defendant’s witness, a second message was sent- plaintiff, as follows:
“Your father will be buried at Cumberland Union, Sunday. We go via Greensboro to Eayetteville.
“Isabel Edwards.”
The defendant’s operator at Lowell testified that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Carter v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Mott v. Telegraph Company.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
3Cited by4 opinions
- King v. HigginsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1967
- State v. KincaidSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- State v. . KincaidSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922
- Jordan v. EASTERN TRANSIT & STORAGE COMPANYSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966