Legal Opinion

Bing v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided August 8, 1910No. 7152PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Before Gage, J., Barnwell, December, 1909. Action by Drank Bing against Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: As to declarations of servants after act: 39 S. C., 441; 28 S. C., 157; 27 S. C, 63; 72 S. C., 256; 1 Ell.'on Ev., 378; 1 Green.

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Before Gage, J., Barnwell, December, 1909. Action by Drank Bing against Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: As to declarations of servants after act: 39 S. C., 441; 28 S. C., 157; 27 S. C, 63; 72 S. C., 256; 1 Ell.'on Ev., 378; 1 Green. Ev., sec. 113; 19 S. C, 373; 27 S. C, 67; 53 S. C., 451; 56 S. C., 145; 67 S. C., 362. Verdict cannot rest on caprice: 81 S. C, 32. cite: Inquiry and answer of agent relevant: 83 S. C, 411; 58 Ga., 461; 30 So., 367; 81 S. C„ 323; 53 S. C, 210; 75 S. C, 144; 84 S. C., 174; 81 S. C., 451; 49 Barb., 148; 122 App.…

1Opinion of the Court

August 8, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The plaintiff obtained a verdict and entered judgment for six hundred and fifty dollars on a complaint which alleged that the defendant sold him a ticket from Dumbarton to Barnwell and then wilfully refused to stop the train for which the ticket had been bought, thus making it necessary for him to make the journey by a hired conveyance.

We notice first the error assigned in the refusal to grant the motion for a new trial made on the ground that the amount of the verdict showed that the jury acted from caprice, or passion, or prejudice.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Taber v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
  2. Berley v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
  3. Cobb v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1910

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Duncan v. the Record Publishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
  2. Mishoe v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
  3. Bowers v. Charleston & W. C. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
  4. Worrell v. South Carolina Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
  5. Poole v. Saxon MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940

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