Cook v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from order of 15. B. J ones, J., entered at September Term, 1908, of AlamaNCE, by defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for the negligent failure of the defendant to deliver a telegram. The plaintiff filed his complaint 2 August, 1906, and the defendant filed its answer, which contained a general denial of the allegations of the complaint, on 15 September, 1906. At a special term of the Superior Court, held in July, 1907, it appeared from the minutes, the cause was continued by consent on 16 July, 1907, but the court finds as a fact that counsel were not present at the time and that the defendant’s counsel did not know of the entry until September Term, 1908. On 23…
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