Hinson v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by M. L. Hinson, against the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, beard by Judge W. B. Allen and a jury, at January Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of Durham County. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
On the 19th day of June, 1902, E. W. Hin-son, father of the plaintiff, delivered to the defendant’s agent at its office in Durham, N. C., for transmission and delivery a message in the following words and figures:
“To M. L. Hinson, Care of Olympia Mills, Columbia, S. Cl: “Come at once. Tour mother is dying. Answer.
“B. W. HINSON.”
The mother of the plaintiff and wife of the sender was then sick at the home of her husband in the village of East Durham, N. C. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant negligently failed to deliver said message until the 23d day of June, 1902, and that his mother…
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