Boone v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

• Decision Date: 01 May 1918
• Docket Number: 414.
• Citation: 95 S.E. 187,175 N.C. 718
• Parties: BOONE v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.
• Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

95 S.E. 187

175 N.C. 718

BOONE v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO.

No. 414.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

May 1, 1918

Appeal from Superior Court, Stanly County; Harding, Judge.

Action by W. V. Boone against the Western Union Telegraph Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. No error.

This is an action to recover damages for mental anguish caused, as alleged by the plaintiff, by the negligence of the defendant in the transmission of an interstate telegraph message. There was a judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff excepted and appealed.

W. L. Mann, of Albemarle, for appellant.

Tillett & Guthrie, of Charlotte, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment of the superior court is affirmed, on the authority of Askew v. Telegraph Co., 174 N.C. 261, 93 S.E. 773, and Norris v. Telegraph Co., 174 N.C. 92, 93 S.E. 465.

No error.