Lefler v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by Price Lefler and another against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge Thomas J. Shaw and a jury, at May Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Rowan County. From a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFurches, C. J.
Action for damages for negligence in delivering a message received at Mooresville, Iredell County, to be delivered at Salisbury, Rowan County.
The message was as follows: “To Price Lefler, care So. Railway Co., Salisbury, N. C. Mother dying. Come at once. D. M. Howard."
This message was received by defendant company at 8.20 at Mooresville, and received at Charlotte at 10.55, and at Salisbury at 11.15. The evidence tended to show that the agent at Mooresville endeavored to send the message to Charlotte at once, but the agent at Charlotte did not answer his calls, and he could not do so sooner…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. YoungTexas Supreme Court · 1890
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. HoughtonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
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