Southern Textile MacHinery Co. v. Piedmont & Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Greenville, ' Spring termj 1919 Action by Southern Textile Machinery Co. against Piedmont and Northern Railway Company for damages to textile machinery in transit. From judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. cite; Under Carmack amendment no presumption that terminal carrier is liable: Act June 29, 1906c, 3591, sec. 7,- para^ graphs 11-12; 34 Statute 593 (U. S. Comp.
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Before Bowman, J., Greenville, ' Spring termj 1919 Action by Southern Textile Machinery Co. against Piedmont and Northern Railway Company for damages to textile machinery in transit. From judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. cite; Under Carmack amendment no presumption that terminal carrier is liable: Act June 29, 1906c, 3591, sec. 7,- para^ graphs 11-12; 34 Statute 593 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1307). Carmack amendment held not exclusive: 98 S. C. 63; 99 S. C. 473. But this judgment reversed 257 U. S. ¿97, and cases cited. Special regulations of State limiting carrier’s…
1Opinion of the Court
May 12, 1920. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for damage to a lot of mill machinery which the defendant, amongst others, carried. The initial carrier from Fall River, Mass., was the New York, New Haven Hartford; thence by other carriers, the Seaboard Air Line being one of them, to Greenwood, S.C.; thence by the defendant company to Riverside Junction, a point near the city of Greenville; thence by the Southern Railway, over its tracks, to the plaintiff's warehouse, in the city of Greenville.
The machinery was a carload lot, with unbroken seals…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Willett v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
- Eastover Mule & Horse Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
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