Jones v. Atlantic Coast Line R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Marion, Spring term, 1915. Action by J. Oliver Jones against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, -and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr Justice Hydricic.
Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant for $500 damages on the following facts: Plaintiff had a package of freight at defendant’s depot, and went there to get it. The station agent told him to go to' Jeff Hunter, a negro porter in the freight depot, who would deliver it to him. On going into the depot, where Hunter was, plaintiff presented the freight bill to him and asked him fol the package. Hunter was seated- on a box writing a postal card to his wife, and, when asked for the package, replied “All right, in a minute,” and…
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