Mood v. W. U. Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Sumter, March, 1893. Action by Dr. J. A. Mood against the Western Union Telegraph Company, commenced in January, 1892. The complaint was as follows: The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges: I. For a first cause of action : That the defendant is a corporation doing business in this State, and having offices for the transaction of business at Bernini, in the County of Sumter, and in the city of Sumter, in said county; and the said defendant is…
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Before Hudson, J., Sumter, March, 1893. Action by Dr. J. A. Mood against the Western Union Telegraph Company, commenced in January, 1892. The complaint was as follows: The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges: I. For a first cause of action : That the defendant is a corporation doing business in this State, and having offices for the transaction of business at Bernini, in the County of Sumter, and in the city of Sumter, in said county; and the said defendant is engaged in the business of transmitting and delivering for hire telegraphic messages between points upon its line, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action for damages brought by the plaintiff, a physician, against the defendant for a failure to deliver one telegram alleged to have been sent to him, and to deliver in time another telegram sent by one A. N. Webb from Remini, a village in the neighborhood, to the plaintiff at Sumter, S. 0., in the following words: “Come to Remini soon as possible, man cut and shot.” The complaint contained two causes of action : first, for a failure to deliver a telegram sent; and the second, for delay in delivering another message.…
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