Note 52 — Chapter II · NEGLIGENT INTERFERENCE
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Pullman Co. v. Lutz, 154 Ala. 517; Spearman v. McCrary, 4 Ala. App. 473; Sloane v. So. Co., 111 Cal. 668; Watson v. Dilts, 116 Ia. 249; Cowan v. Tel. Co., 122 Ia. 379, 382 (semble); Purcell v. St. Paul Co., 48 Minn. 134, 138; Lesch v. Great Northern R. Co., 97 Minn. 503; Watkins v. Kaolin Co., 131 N. C. 536; Taber v. Seaboard Co., 81 S. C. 317; Simone v. R. I. Co., 28 R. I. 186; Mack v. South Co., 52 S. C. 323; Hill v. Kimball, 76 Tex. 210; Gulf Co. v. Hayter, 93 Tex. 239; Yoakum v. Kroeger, (Tex. Civ. App.) 27 S. W. 953; St. Louis Co. v. Murdock, 54 Tex. Civ. App. 249; Pankopf v. Hinkley, 141 Wis. 146; Fitzpatrick v. Gr. W. Co., 12 Up. Can. Q. B. 645; Bell v. Great Northern R. Co., 26 L. R. Ir. 428; Cooper v. Caledonia Co. (Court of Sess., June 14, 1902), 4. F. 880 Accord.
See Bohlen, Right to Recover for Injury Resulting from Negligence without Impact, 41 Am. L. Reg. & Rev. 141.
Mental Anguish caused by Negligence in Transmission of Telegrams. In a few states the addressee is allowed to recover damages for mental anguish resulting from the negligent failure of a telegraph company to make seasonable delivery of a message. Mentzer v. Western Co., 93 Ia. 752; Cowan v. Western Co., 122 Ia. 379; Hurlburt v. Western Co., 123 Ia. 295; Chapman v. Western Co., 90 Ky. 265; Western Co. v. Van Cleave, 107 Ky. 464; Western Co. v. Fisher, 107 Ky. 513; Graham v. Western Co., 109 La. 1069; Barnes v. Western Co., 27 Nev. 438 (semble); Thompson v. Western Co., 106 N. C. 549; Young v. Western Co., 107 N. C. 370; Bryan v. Western Co., 133 N. C. 603; Woods v. Western Co., 148 N. C. 1; Hellams v. Western Co., 70 S. C. 83 (statutory); Capers v. Western Co., 71 S. C. 29; Wadsworth v. Western Co., 86 Tenn. 695; Railroad v. Griffin, 92 Tenn. 694; So Relle v. Western Co., 55 Tex. 308; Stuart v. Western Co., 66 Tex. 580; Western Co. v. Beringer, 84 Tex. 38.
But the weight of authority is against such recovery. Chase v. Western Co., 44 Fed. 554; Crawson v. Western Co., 47 Fed. 544; Tyler v. Western Co., 54 Fed. 634; Western Co. v. Wood, 57 Fed. 471; Gahan v. Western Co., 59 Fed. 433; Stansell v. Western Co., 107 Fed. 668; Western Co. v. Sklar, 126 Fed. 295; Rowan v. Western Co., 149 Fed. 550; Blount v. Western Co., 126 Ala. 105; Western Co. v. Krichbaum, 132 Ala. 535; Western Co. v. Blocker, 138 Ala. 484; Western Co. v. Waters, 139 Ala. 652; Peay v. Western Co., 64 Ark. 538 (but changed by statute, Western Co. v. McMullin, 98 Ark. 346); Russell v. Western Co., 3 Dak. 315; Internat. Co. v. Saunders, 32 Fla. 434; Chapman v. Western Co., 88 Ga. 763; Giddens v. Western Co., 111 Ga. 824; Western Co. v. Haltom, 71 Ill. App. 63; Western Co. v. Ferguson, 157 Ind. 64 (overruling Reese v. Western Co., 123 Ind. 294); West v. Western Co., 39 Kan. 93 (semble); Cole v. Gray, 70 Kan. 705; Francis v. Western Co., 58 Minn. 252; Western Co. v. Rogers, 68 Miss. 748; Duncan v. Western Co., 93 Miss. 500; Connell v. Western Co., 116 Mo. 34; Newman v. Western Co., 54 Mo. App. 434; Curtin v. Western Co., 13 App. Div. 253; Morton v. Western Co., 53 Ohio St. 431; Butner v. Western Co., 2 Okl. 234; Western Co. v. Chouteau, 28 Okl. 664; Lewis v. Western Co., 57 S. C. 325 (law changed by statute in 1900, Capers v. Western Co., 71 S. C. 29); Connelly v. Western Co., 100 Va. 51; Corcoran v. Postal Co., 80 Wash. 570; Davis v. Western Co., 46 W. Va. 48; Summerfield v. Western Co., 87 Wis. 1; Koerber v. Patek, 123 Wis. 453, 464 (semble).