Campbell v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before D-anTzlER, J., -Chesterfield, Spring Term, 1905. Action by Lewis Campbell against Western Union Telegraph Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs.
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Before D-anTzlER, J., -Chesterfield, Spring Term, 1905. Action by Lewis Campbell against Western Union Telegraph Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs. Willcox & Willcox cite: The word “wanton” should be treated as surplusage: 67 S. C., 218. Company was not under duty to deliver outside of free delivery limits: 70' S. C., 89, 45 S. E., 939; 48 S. C., 653; 79 S. W., 40; 67 S. W., 767; 7 So., 419; 74 S. W., 1098; 35 S. E., 543. As to charge on facts: 71 S. C., 156. cite: The allegation of “wanton ‘negligence” will support punitive damages: 65 S. C., 93; 60 S. C., 74; 62 S,…
1Opinion of the Court
April 26, 1906. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an action for damages for failure to deliver a telegram within a reasonable time.
The complaint alleges: "That on the 24th day of June, 1903, in the forenoon, the wife of the plaintiff then being very ill at the home of relatives at McBee, S.C. where she was then on a visit — Tom Campbell, the brother of the plaintiff, delivered to the agent of the defendant at McBee, S.C. the following message for transmission to the plaintiff, at his home at Patrick, S.C.: `Your wife is very sick,' and then and there paid the agent of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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