Legal Opinion
Boyd v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 29, 1911No. 7886PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Before DantzlER, J., Anderson, Summer term. 1910. Action by Mrs. J. P. Boyd and her husband against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Plaintiff appeals. cite: Under common law appellants may recover for wilfulness: 57 S. C. 325. For delay in this State the plaintiff may recover: 80 S- C. 207.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, Mrs, J. P. Boyd, through the negligence, wantonness and recklessness of the defendant in failing to deliver a telegram.
The allegations of the complaint, material to the questions involved, are as follows:
“That on Saturday, February 20, 1909, about 6 p. m., one S. M. McAdams filed with the agent of the defendant company, at Anderson, S. C., a telegraph message addressed to Mrs. J. P. Boyd, Statham, Georgia, announcing the death of her brother, J. B. McAdams,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Brown v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
3Cited by1 opinion
- Brown v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1912