Harrelson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeWorE, J., Darlington, November, 1910. Action by Isom Harrelson and Thettus Harrelson against Wes ten? Union Telegraph Co. Defendant appeals. Messrs.
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Before DeWorE, J., Darlington, November, 1910. Action by Isom Harrelson and Thettus Harrelson against Wes ten? Union Telegraph Co. Defendant appeals. Messrs. Willcox & Willcox and Lucian W. McLemore cite: There was no evidence of negligence: 71 S. C. 386, 304; 73 S."C. 520. There was no evidence of my damages proximately Hozving from defendant’s negligence: 72 S. C. 516; 73 S. C. 520 ; Jones on T. & T. Cos., sec. 325; 75 S. C. 54; 74 S. C. 491; 71 S. C. 303; 70 S. C. 418. There was no evidence of notice of damage: 72 S. C. 290; 70 S. C. 418; 70 S. C. 29, 539. The act 26 Stat. 84, is not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
This action was brought on August 1, 1909, to recover damages for mental anguish caused to plaintiff Thettus Harrelson 'by the alleged negligent and wilful failure of the defendant to promptly deliver a telegram, filed by J. E. Parker in defendant’s office at Chadbourn, N. C., May 1, 1909, for transmission to plaintiff Isom Harrelson at Hartsville, S. C., reading as follows:
“Come at once, old man Van Merritt is dead.”
Van Merritt was the father of Thettus Harrelson, the wife of Isom Harrelson. At the close of all the testimony…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Arial v. West. Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Town of Clinton v. LeakeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Bonner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Harrison v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Curtis v. RennekerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1891
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