Bolton v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hydrick, J., Richland, April Term, 1906. Action by Susan Bolton and Burnell Bolton against Western Union Tel. Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. • cite; The evidence shows no wilfulness or ukmtoness on the part of the defendants: 60 S. C., 71; 70 S. C., 42; 69 S. C., 500; 64 ,S. C., 9; 65 S. C., 444; 66 S. C., 452; 72 S. C., 256. And judge should have granted a nonsuit or instructed a verdict: 69 S. C., 453; 72 S. C., 256, 116; 73 S. C„ 520; 74 S. C.,…
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Before Hydrick, J., Richland, April Term, 1906. Action by Susan Bolton and Burnell Bolton against Western Union Tel. Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. • cite; The evidence shows no wilfulness or ukmtoness on the part of the defendants: 60 S. C., 71; 70 S. C., 42; 69 S. C., 500; 64 ,S. C., 9; 65 S. C., 444; 66 S. C., 452; 72 S. C., 256. And judge should have granted a nonsuit or instructed a verdict: 69 S. C., 453; 72 S. C., 256, 116; 73 S. C„ 520; 74 S. C., 64, 491; 75 S. C.,182, 208. Company not required to deliver message until office hours.next day: 71 S. C., 303; 386; 72…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The plaintiff, Susan Bolton, joining her husband with her in the suit, recovered judgment against defendant for three hundred and seventy-five dollars as damages for alleged negligence and wilful failure to deliver a telegram filed by her at Columbia, S. C., July 28, 1905, for transmission to Burnell Bolton at Eithonia, Ga., in these words: “Come at once, mother is dead.” The complaint alleged that by reason of defendant’s negligent and wilful failure to deliver the message, the plaintiff “was deprived of the presence of her husband…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McPeek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Roberts v. Western Union Tel Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Willis v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Young v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Bonner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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- Baker v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
- Goethe v. BrowningSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1928
- Glenn v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
- Fail v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Moore v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
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