Lawrence v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

This action is brought to recover damages for negligent delay in delivering a telegram sent from Scotland Neck 14 December, 1914, announcing the death of Mr. Noah Biggs, and stating that the funeral would take place the next day at 3 p. m.

The complaint alleges that if the telegram had been delivered to the plaintiff that night he could have left Kinston next morning at 7:10 a. m. and would have reached Scotland Neck in time for the funeral. The uncontradicted evidence shows that a list of some sixty names, to whom telegrams of the same nature were sent, were filed in the office at Scotland…