Legal Opinion
Town of Clinton v. Leake
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 7, 1905PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
March 7, 1905. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This appeal is from an order of the Circuit Judge refusing a motion to make the complaint more definite and certain, and to strike out an allegation of the complaint as to mental anguish. The complaint is founded on the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to deliver the following telegram:
"Beaufort, S.C. 2-29, 1904. To C.W. Butler. No letter received. Send to Yemassee conductor in morning. W. E. Capers."
Obviously the telegram gave no intimation of what was to be sent to the conductor by the addressee, and in what respect it…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Primrose v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Simmons v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
- Wallace v. ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1891
- Willis v. West. Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Lewis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cronheim v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. ShenepSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1907
- Shealy's, Inc. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1954
- Toale v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Western Union Tel. Co. v. HankinsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
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