Hinson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Ernrrt Moore, special Judge, Lancaster, December, 1910. Action by Blanch Hinson and W. J. Hinson against Western Union Telegraph Company. Plaintiff appeals. cites: Delivery by special contract should be pleaded: Code of Proc. 170; 62 S. C. 150; 70 S. C. 211; 75 S. C. 68; 13 L. R. A. (N. S.) 445. Thomp. on Neg., sec. 2506; 46 L. R. A. 238; 58 S. C. 32; 1 Ency. P. & P. 845; 4 S. C. 49; 9.S. C. 281; 58 S. C. 32; 27 S. C. 621; 84 S. C. 120; Pom.
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Before Ernrrt Moore, special Judge, Lancaster, December, 1910. Action by Blanch Hinson and W. J. Hinson against Western Union Telegraph Company. Plaintiff appeals. cites: Delivery by special contract should be pleaded: Code of Proc. 170; 62 S. C. 150; 70 S. C. 211; 75 S. C. 68; 13 L. R. A. (N. S.) 445. Thomp. on Neg., sec. 2506; 46 L. R. A. 238; 58 S. C. 32; 1 Ency. P. & P. 845; 4 S. C. 49; 9.S. C. 281; 58 S. C. 32; 27 S. C. 621; 84 S. C. 120; Pom. Rem., sec. 673; 73 S. C. 510; 51 S. C. 95, 158; 66 S. C. 217. Answer shotild not be amended to conform to proof: 60 S. C. 477; Code of Proc. 194;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
In this action the plaintiff claimed damages for the mental anguish of being deprived of the privilege of looking on the face of her dead sister, Mrs. Yarborough, and attending her funeral, her allegation being that she would have been able to reach Charlotte where her sister was buried, from her home near Lancaster, in time for the funeral, but for the negligence and wilfulness of the defendant in failing to transmit promptly a telegram announcing her sister’s death.
The principal defense was a general denial of the charge that the…
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- Lefler v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
- Green's Administrator v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Lyles v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1909