Lanning v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Ferguson, J., at tbe October Term, 1910, of Swaiit. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe Court by Mr. Justice Walicer.
1Opinion of the Court
"Walker, J.
Tbis action was brought to recover damages for mental anguish, suffered by reason of tbe negligent failure of tbe defendant to transmit and deliver to tbe plaintiff a telegram sent by bis father, who lived near Asheville, N. C., to Bryson City, N. C., near which place tbe plaintiff lived. Tbe message was delivered to tbe defendant for transmission on Sunday, 15 March, 1908, after office hours of defendant at Bryson City, and for that reason was not forwarded on Sunday, but tbe operator at Asheville, tbe next morning at five minutes after 8 o’clock, when bis office was opened,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Shepard v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- Hauser v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- Loyd v. LoydSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893