Robertson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Edgefield, March term, 1911. Affirmed. Motion before Memminger, J., October. 1911. Action by Sallie Robertson against Western Union Telegraph Company. Defendant appeals on following exceptions : I. “In that his Honor erred in permitting the plaintiff to testify as follows: “ ‘You expected a reply to your telegram about 6 :30 that day? A. Yes, sir. Q. Now, from 6:30, on the date you sent your telegram to Edgefield, state whether or not were you uneasy.
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Before SeasE, J., Edgefield, March term, 1911. Affirmed. Motion before Memminger, J., October. 1911. Action by Sallie Robertson against Western Union Telegraph Company. Defendant appeals on following exceptions : I. “In that his Honor erred in permitting the plaintiff to testify as follows: “ ‘You expected a reply to your telegram about 6 :30 that day? A. Yes, sir. Q. Now, from 6:30, on the date you sent your telegram to Edgefield, state whether or not were you uneasy. A. Yes, sir. Yes, sir; I suffered a great deal. Q. And you thought you would get a reply to your telegram about 6:30? A. Yes,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, through the negligence of the defendant, in failing to deliver a telegram within a reasonable time.
The plaintiff and her husband lived at Ninety-Six, S. C., and worked in the factory. The husband went to 'Edge-field, S. C., on a bicycle, to visit his sister, Mrs. Kate Waits, and becoming suddenly ill, sent the following telegram to his wife on the 17th of July, 1910: “I am sick; we will be home tomorrow on train.”
He failed to arrive at home, on the…
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