Parnell v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeV ore, J., Darlington, November, 1910. Action by Mamie A. Parnell against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Defendant appeals. Mr. White cites: Presumption against last carrier for damages may be rebutted: 66 S. C. 477; 76 S. C. 80S; 7S S. C. 88; 85 S. C. 194; 88 S. C. 310; 85 S, C. 381; 87 S. C. 206; 87 S. C. 184; 48 N. H. 553. This rule is b.scd oil- public policy: 73 Ark. 112; 5 Am.
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Before DeV ore, J., Darlington, November, 1910. Action by Mamie A. Parnell against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Defendant appeals. Mr. White cites: Presumption against last carrier for damages may be rebutted: 66 S. C. 477; 76 S. C. 80S; 7S S. C. 88; 85 S. C. 194; 88 S. C. 310; 85 S, C. 381; 87 S. C. 206; 87 S. C. 184; 48 N. H. 553. This rule is b.scd oil- public policy: 73 Ark. 112; 5 Am. R. 323; 84 S. W. 694; 10 Cyc. 935; 88 S. C. 72. cite: Presumption is against terminal carrier: 86 S. C. 312; 78 S. C. 38; 88 S. C. 172.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
Tire plaintiff, on December 27, 1908, delivered to the St. Louis and' Iron, Mountain. Railroad Company, at Collinstoo, Louisiana, a piano enclosed in a box, consigned to herself at Lamar, South Carolina. The piano was delivered by the Southern Railway, an intermediate carrier, to the defendant, the terminal carrier, at Sumter, South Carolina'. On arrival at Lamar it was found to be considerably injured; and the plaintiff in this action recovered against the defendant a judgment for actual damages fixed by the jury at $350.
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