Empire Mining Co. v. Propeller Towboat Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Charleston, April, 1900. Action by W. B. Chisolm and E. B. Addison, carrying on business under name of Empire Mining Co., v. Propeller Towboat Co. of Savannah, for damages for loss of a barge and cargo in towing.
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Before Gary, J., Charleston, April, 1900. Action by W. B. Chisolm and E. B. Addison, carrying on business under name of Empire Mining Co., v. Propeller Towboat Co. of Savannah, for damages for loss of a barge and cargo in towing. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: The C. C. of U. S. may vacate at the same term of the Court an'order remanding a case to State Court: 104 U. S., 415; 12 Wheat., 9; 117 U. S., 665; 130 U. S., 301; 10 Pet, 480; m U. S., 198. Right to remove a cause for diversity of citizenship: 24 U. S. Stat, 552; 25 U. S. Stat., 433; 133 U. S., 318; 144 U. S.,43…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This action was for damages for defendant’s alleged negligence in towing plaintiff’s barge in Calebogia Sound, resulting in the sinking and loss of the barge and cargo, valued at $3,047.66. The suit was com menced on November 22, 1898, by filing summons and complaint, and the issuance of a warrant of attachment against the defendant as a foreign corporation, under which attachment, on December 3, 1898, the sheriff of Beaufort County seized a steam towboat and other property of the defendant. On the 7th day of December, 1898, after an…
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