Harrison v. Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Annie Harrison and husband against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge 0. H. Allen and a jury, at February Term, 1904, of the Superior' Court of EowaN 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 the negligent failure to deliver a telegram within a reasonable time. This failure to promptly deliver, of itself, raised the presumption of negligence aside from the substantial testimony tending to prove it. Sherrill v. Telegraph Co., 116 N. C., 655; Hendricks v. Telegraph Co., 126 N. C., 304, 78 Am. St. Rep., 658; Laudie v. Telegraph Co., 126 N. C., 431, 78 Am. St. Rep., 668; Rosser v. Telegraph Co., 130 N. C., 251; Hunter v. Telegraph Co., 130 N. C., 602; Cogdell v. Telegraph Co., 135 N. C., 431.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hendricks v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Bright v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Cashion v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Sherill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
- Laudie v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jones v. Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Cogdell v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Harrison v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Bagby v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Lawrence v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
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