Supreme Court of South Carolina September 18, 1906 (Jones v. Western Union Telegraph Co.)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

The plaintiff, living at Whitmire, in Newberry County, S. C., on the morning of February 17, 1904, received a telegraphic message from’ his father, living at Lockhart Mills, in Union County, announcing the death of plaintiff’s brother-in-law, burial next day, with request to-come at once. About 12.