Cogdell v. Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Actiok by O. M. Cogdell and wife against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge W. II. Neal and a jury, at October Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of MecKLENbueg County. From a judgment for the plaintiffs the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This is an action brought by the feme plaintiff to recover damages for mental anguish alleged to have been suffered by her on account of her failure to attend her father’s funeral, which she would have attended but for the negligence of the defendant in failing to deliver a *432telegram informing her of her father’s death. The telegram was as follows: “Mount Airy, N. C., Nov. 3, 1902. Mrs. Frank Codgell, Charlotte, N. C. Your father died suddenly this morning. W. F. Martin.”
It is admitted in the complaint that the name' of the sendee in the message was misspelled “Codgell,” instead of “Cog-dell,”…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- State v. . PattersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1842
- Hendricks v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Reese v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1890
- Bright v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Sherill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Green v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Bryan v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Hoaglin v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Harrison v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Penn v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
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