Trapp v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Laurens, November term, 1911. cite: Where there is an honest bona fide effort to deliver the Court should direct the verdict as to punitive damages: 65 S. C. 99; 72 S. C. 264; 73 S. C. 386, 522; 77 S. C. 148; 78 S. C. 109; 79 S. C. 160; 83 S. C. 12; 84 S. C. 59, 71, 160; 84 S. C. 160; 87 S. C. 320; 82 S. C. 87. Whether delivery to a third person is due care is for jury: 10 Am. Lt.
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Before Gage, J., Laurens, November term, 1911. cite: Where there is an honest bona fide effort to deliver the Court should direct the verdict as to punitive damages: 65 S. C. 99; 72 S. C. 264; 73 S. C. 386, 522; 77 S. C. 148; 78 S. C. 109; 79 S. C. 160; 83 S. C. 12; 84 S. C. 59, 71, 160; 84 S. C. 160; 87 S. C. 320; 82 S. C. 87. Whether delivery to a third person is due care is for jury: 10 Am. Lt. R. 770; 66 Id. 911; 98 Ind. 566; 27 S. C. 269; 32 S. C. 593. cite: Statement in the charge of an admitted fact is not a charge on the facts: 72 S. C. 419; 68 S. C. 395; 66 S. C. 33.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion in this case was filed on July 19th, but remittitur held up on rehearing until
The first opinion was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This is an action by the respondent against the appellant for failure to deliver promptly the following telegram:
“Come to Atlanta by first train — report 92 Luckie St. Good position open for you.”
The testimony tended • to show that the telegram was received by the agent of appellant at Laurens, S. C., and turned over to the messenger boy to be delivered about 2 o’clock on the 2d of June, 1910. The messenger, after some search, succeeded in finding…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Jennings v. Edgefield Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Turner v. LylesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Glover v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
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