Robertson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Edgefield, October, 1913. Action by Sallie Robertson against Western Union Telegraph Company. Defendant appeals on the following exceptions: (1) “In that his Honor erred' in admitting the testimony of J. L. Mims as to office hours at Edgefield and the reasonableness thereof — the Court ruling as follows: T have ruled that you can put in the paper and you can prove what you please as to conditions in Edgefield.
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Before Shipp, J., Edgefield, October, 1913. Action by Sallie Robertson against Western Union Telegraph Company. Defendant appeals on the following exceptions: (1) “In that his Honor erred' in admitting the testimony of J. L. Mims as to office hours at Edgefield and the reasonableness thereof — the Court ruling as follows: T have ruled that you can put in the paper and you can prove what you please as to conditions in Edgefield. Now, the question as to reasonableness of the Ninety-Six office hours would depend on conditions at Ninety-Six.’ “Telegraph Office Hours.” “ ‘Until further notice the…
1Opinion of the Court
August 2, 1913. The opinion of the Court was delivered by 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 Edgefield, 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 18th of July,…
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