Lewis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Greenville, March term, 1899. Action by R. E. Lewis against Western Union Telegraph Co. Plaintiff appeals. As to malice: 4 Russ., 89; 54 S. C., 498. Gross carelessness not required to be shozvn: 23 S. C., 105; 18 S. E. R., 687; 24 S. C., 503; 54 S. G., 498; 34 S. C., 311; 14 S. E. R., 945; 11 S. E. R., 1044; 21 lb., 429; 23 lb., 457; 31 lb., 224, 493. No damages for mental anguish without physicial injury: 47 Eed.
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Before Townsend, J., Greenville, March term, 1899. Action by R. E. Lewis against Western Union Telegraph Co. Plaintiff appeals. As to malice: 4 Russ., 89; 54 S. C., 498. Gross carelessness not required to be shozvn: 23 S. C., 105; 18 S. E. R., 687; 24 S. C., 503; 54 S. G., 498; 34 S. C., 311; 14 S. E. R., 945; 11 S. E. R., 1044; 21 lb., 429; 23 lb., 457; 31 lb., 224, 493. No damages for mental anguish without physicial injury: 47 Eed. R-> 544; 44 Fed-, 554; 59 Fed., 433; 63 Eed., 396; 55 Eed., 603; 37 Pac., 1087; 6 U. S. C. C. A., 432; 54 Fed., 634; 52 Fed., 264; 96 Fed., 81; 43 S. W. R.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The complaint in its first three articles alleges that defendant is a corporation in this State, with office as a telegraph company in the cities of Greenville and Columbia. The rest of the complaint is as follows: “4. That the father of the plaintiff resided in the city of Green-ville, in said State, and being dangerously ill, J. O. Lewis, a brother of the plaintiff, did, on the morning of November 15th, 1897, deliver a message to the resident agent of the defendant at Greenville, in said State, to be transmitted and delivered to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kennon v. GilmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Munro v. Pacific Coast Dredging & Reclamation Co.California Supreme Court · 1890
- Connell v. Western Union-Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- International Ocean Telegraph Co. v. SaundersSupreme Court of Florida · 1893
3Cited by19 opinions
- Taylor v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Corcoran v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
- Emlen v. RoperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FergusonIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ChouteauSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911
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