Bright v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Lillian Bright against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge Thomas A. McNeill and a jury, at September Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of AlamaNCe County. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the defendant’s negligent failure to deliver a telegram.
Read the full summary
ActioN by Lillian Bright against the Western Union Telegraph Company, heard by Judge Thomas A. McNeill and a jury, at September Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of AlamaNCe County. This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the defendant’s negligent failure to deliver a telegram. The plaintiff alleged, and there was evidence tending to show that on the 29th day of May, 1900, she moved with her husband and their children from Liberty, Randolph County, to Wilkesboro, and they were living in the latter place on Friday, the 24th day of August, 1900, when her husband suddenly…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case. We are unable to see why the relationship between Mrs. Bright and Mr. Cooper was not such as to form the basis for a recovery of damages in this case. It was contended by the learned counsel for the defense 'that there must be consanguinity, or relation of the persons by blood, in distinction from mere affinity or relation by marriage. We are not aware of any such distinction in cases of this kind by which the right of recovery is altogether denied when there is only affinity, and no authority was cited to us which induces us to think that it exists. The law…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sherrill v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1891
- Hendricks v. W. U. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Cashion v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- McPeek v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
- Lyne v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
3Cited by42 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. BensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908
- Green v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. HumphriesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Cogdell v. Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Hood v. . Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
37 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.