Poteet v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Richland, July, 1905. Action by Lottie Poteet and R. W. Poteet against Western Union Telegraph Co. Plaintiffs appeal from order of non-suit. cite: Duty of telegraph company: art. IX., sec. 3, Con.; 72 S. C., 234; S'edg. on Dam.,1878; Bish. on Non-Con.
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Before Gary, J., Richland, July, 1905. Action by Lottie Poteet and R. W. Poteet against Western Union Telegraph Co. Plaintiffs appeal from order of non-suit. cite: Duty of telegraph company: art. IX., sec. 3, Con.; 72 S. C., 234; S'edg. on Dam.,1878; Bish. on Non-Con. E., sec. 74, 4; 107 N. C., 372; 28 Ency., 2 ed., 253, 255; 1 Add. on Tort., 27; 12 L. R. A., 113; Hale on Dam., sec. 264; 7'D. R. A., 583; 35 S-. C., 502.; 70 S. C., 83; 69 S. C., 12; 2 Thomp. on Neg., sec. 2487. Right of beneficiary: 6 E. R. A., 846; 62 S. C., 232; 45 E. R. A., 162; Sedg. on Dam., 878; Hale on Dam., 266; 109 N.…
1Opinion of the Court
.The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
This is an appeal from an o-rder of nonsuit in an action to- recover damages for mental anguish of the plaintiff Lottie P’oteet, caused by the alleged tort of the defendant in “wilfully, wantonly, recklessly and negligently” failing to deliver a telegram. The complaint thus sets forth the telegram and Mrs. Poteet’s connection with it: “That on July 17th, 1904, Lottie Poteet, then sojourning in the city of Union, S. C., lost her infant child, and in the first agony of her grief, and desirous of the presence of her husband, the above…
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- Arial v. West. Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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- Hellams v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Jones v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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