Landie v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN to recover damages for mental anguish suffered by feme plaintiff on account of alleged negligence of defendant in the delivery of • a telegram — tried before Goble, at March Term, 1899, of MtscKleNbueg Superior Court. The plaintiffs lived at Charlotte. On May 24, 1897, early in the morning their child died.
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Civil AotioN to recover damages for mental anguish suffered by feme plaintiff on account of alleged negligence of defendant in the delivery of • a telegram — tried before Goble, at March Term, 1899, of MtscKleNbueg Superior Court. The plaintiffs lived at Charlotte. On May 24, 1897, early in the morning their child died. That same morning C. L. Latidie went to telegraph office of the defendant to see whether a message could be got through to Mr. Huntly, a relative of his wife, who lived at Chesterfield, S. 0., and was informed that it could, lie then wrote, paid for and left to be sent, the…
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
This was a civil action by the feme plaintiff to recover damages for mental anguish suffered by her, caused by the assurance on the part of the defendant that a telegraphic message sent for her benefit, had been delivered, when in fact it had not been delivered; and also by the negligent failure of the defendant to promptly deliver said telegram.
The infant child of the plaintiffs had died early on the morning of May 24, 1897, and about 10 o’clock on tbe same day, O. L. Landie, busband of tbe feme plaintiff, by an agreement with lier and for lier benefit, delivered tbe message hereinafter set…
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- Cashion v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
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