Kennon v. W. U. Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ActioN for damages for failure toi deliver promptly a telegram sent by plaintiff, tried before Timberlalce, J., at July Special Term, 1899, of Guilford Superior Court. The message wa;s in these words: “GreeNsboro, N. C., December 5, 1898. "To Miss Georgia Kennon, bach of Cotton Factory, Beids-"ville,N.C “Meet m© to-morrow, 12 o’clock. JeNNIe/’ Tbe massage was not delivered until called for tbe next day by tbe parties.
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Civil ActioN for damages for failure toi deliver promptly a telegram sent by plaintiff, tried before Timberlalce, J., at July Special Term, 1899, of Guilford Superior Court. The message wa;s in these words: “GreeNsboro, N. C., December 5, 1898. "To Miss Georgia Kennon, bach of Cotton Factory, Beids-"ville,N.C “Meet m© to-morrow, 12 o’clock. JeNNIe/’ Tbe massage was not delivered until called for tbe next day by tbe parties. Tbe circumstances of urgency and importance requiring prompt delivery testified to on tbe trial, and adverted to in the opinion, were not brought to the attention of tbe…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The plaintiff sues for damages sustained by herself, as sender, for non-delivery of the following message sent from Greensboro to her cousin at Reidsville, N. C.: “Meet me to-morrow, 12 o’clock.” The complaint avers that the plaintiff’s aunt was very ill in Reidsville, that by reason of the nom-delivery of tbe message her cousin (tbe sendee) did 'not meet the plaintiff on arrival of tbe train, who, having an infant with her, was delayed at tbe station till she could get assistance to carry the child, and she was- thereby prevented from getting to her aunt’s residence until just after she had…
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1889
- Young v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Sherill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
- Cashion v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1899
- Lyne v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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- Bennett v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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