Legal Opinion
Cogdell v. . Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided May 17, 1904PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action brought by the feme plaintiff to recover damages for mental anguish alleged to have been suffered by her on account of her failure to attend her father's funeral, which she would have attended but for the negligence of the defendant in failing to deliver a telegram informing her of her father's death. (432) The telegram was as follows: "Mount Airy, N.C. Nov. 3, 1902. Mrs. Frank Codgell, Charlotte, N.C. Your father died suddenly this morning. W. F. Martin."
It is admitted in the complaint that the name of the sendee in the message was misspelled "Codgell," instead of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State v. . PattersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1842
- Hendricks v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Reese v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Bright v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Sherill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Home Telephone Co. v. People's Telephone & Telegraph Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Russ v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
- Russ v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
- Adcox v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1913
- Medlin v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
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