Hood v. . Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by S. L. Hood and wife against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge T. A. McNeill at March Term, 1904, of the Superior Court of MeceleN-bueg County. From a judgment for the defendant the plaintiffs appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The evidence is that the male plaintiff, at the request of the feme plaintiff, his wife, and for her use and benefit, delivered to the telegraph operator in Charlotte at 7 A. M. April, 1900, the following prepaid message to be transmitted to Concord, N. C., to W. M. Petrea, the father of the feme plaintiff: “Come at once. Baby is sick.” The child was very ill, and the object of the message was that the feme plaintiff’s father and mother might come to Charlotte to comfort and assist her. The telegraph operator was tolcl that tbe child was very ill and that the message should be sent at once,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hendricks v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Bright v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Meekins v. Norfolk & Southern RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1902
- Laudie v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Hinson v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
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