Bowen v. Carolina, &c., Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Aiken, This was an action by R. E. Bowen against The Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railway Company, commenced December 16, 1889. The judge charged the jury as follows: The plaintiff", R. E. Bowen, brings this action against the Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railroad Company to recover of that company five thousand dollars, the amount claimed to be due him for his salary as president of that road from the 27th day of November, 1887, to the 27th…
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Before Hudson, J., Aiken, This was an action by R. E. Bowen against The Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railway Company, commenced December 16, 1889. The judge charged the jury as follows: The plaintiff", R. E. Bowen, brings this action against the Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railroad Company to recover of that company five thousand dollars, the amount claimed to be due him for his salary as president of that road from the 27th day of November, 1887, to the 27th day of November, 1888, one year’s salary. The complaint has two counts, so to speak, or causes of action. The first lays…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of five thousand dollars, alleged to be due him for his salary as president of said company from the 27th of November, 1887, to the 27th of November, 1888. In his complaint the plaintiff states as his first cause of action a special contract on the part of defendant company to pay him the said sum of money as his salary for the year mentioned, and his second cause of action is based upon a quantum meruit. The defendant answered, setting up as his first defence a general…
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