Legal Opinion

Beauchamp v. Winnsboro Granite Corp.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 27, 1920No. 10365PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Action by R. R. Beauchamp against the Winnsboro Granite Corporation and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. submit: That it was error to charge the jury that they could not find against one defendant alone, but must find a verdict against neither or both: 93 S. C. 342; 65 S. C. 332; 65 S. C. 341-344; 68 S. C. 55; 75 S. C. 292; 1 Mills Con.

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Action by R. R. Beauchamp against the Winnsboro Granite Corporation and another. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. submit: That it was error to charge the jury that they could not find against one defendant alone, but must find a verdict against neither or both: 93 S. C. 342; 65 S. C. 332; 65 S. C. 341-344; 68 S. C. 55; 75 S. C. 292; 1 Mills Con. Rep. 333; 65 S. C. 344; 94 S. C. 189-198. submit: Brror cannot be predicated upon the failure or refusal of the presiding Judge to ■charge requests not profered in writing and presented to the Court before the commencement of the…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Hydrick.

On September 24, 1915, three stonecutters and contractors —plaintiff, Hill, and Walling — who had previously done business on the premises of the Winnsboro Granite Corporation, hereinafter called the company, were loading certain tools, materials, and their household goods into cars provided by the Southern Railway Company, at Rockton, preparatory to moving to the State of Georgia. The defendant, Heyward, was the general manager of the company, which claimed a lien on the goods which Hill and Walling were about to ship out of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sparks v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
  2. Jones v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
  3. Webber v. Town of JonesvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
  4. Hill v. Winnsboro Granite Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1919
  5. Myrick v. Liquid Carbonic Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911

3Cited by15 opinions

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  2. Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
  3. Miller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  4. Miller, Administrator v. A.C.L.R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
  5. Rose v. WhitbeckOregon Supreme Court · 1977

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