Green v. Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Willie II. Green against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge Fredericlc Moore, at January Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Halifax County. The material facts are thus briefly stated by the defendant: This is the plaintiff’s appeal from a judgment sustaining the defendant’s demurrer.
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ActioN by Willie II. Green against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge Fredericlc Moore, at January Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of Halifax County. The material facts are thus briefly stated by the defendant: This is the plaintiff’s appeal from a judgment sustaining the defendant’s demurrer. The complaint states that the plaintiff was a girl of sixteen, living in Weldon, the daughter of Isaac E. Green; that the defendant telegraph company maintained offices at Weldon and Columbia, and on September 23, 1903, she left Weldon to go to Spartanburg, S. C., via Columbia, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Douglas, J.,
after stating the facts. The defendant in its brief thus states the question intended to be presented: “This case baldly presents the question, which it has been apparent would soon arise, whether the barriers are to be thrown down and every disappointment, annoyance or vexation which may arise from a delay or a misdirected telegram can be the subject of an action for mental anguish. In other’ words, whether any annoyance, disappointment, vexation or anxiety on account of a missing friend at tbe station, or from other cause, can be dignified by tbe name of mental anguish, and…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Stuart v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1885
- Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Young v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Osborn v. Leach.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- G., C. & S. F. R'y Co. v. LevyTexas Supreme Court · 1883
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- Russ v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1943
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. TerrellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Dayvis v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
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