Legal Opinion

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Glenn

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 20, 1915No. 91PublishedCited by 8 opinions

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. The facts, which involve the liability of connecting carriers under a statute of South Carolina, are. stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White

Sections 2574 and 2575 of the Civil Code of South Carolina (1912) provide in part as follows:

“ All common carriers over whose transportation lines, or parts thereof, any freight, baggage or other property received by either of such carriers for through shipment or transportation by such carriers on a contract for through carriage, recognized, acquiesced in or acted upon by such carriers, shall in this State, with respect to the undertaking and matters of such transportation, be considered and construed to be connecting lines, and be deemed' and held to be the agents of each other, each the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Riverside MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

3Cited by8 opinions

Winget v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1920
Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FosterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
McGinn v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1920
Van Eppes v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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