Van Eppes v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J-, Florence, April, 1915. Action by H. Van Epps and D. Moultrie Epps, copartners trading under the firm name and style of Epps & Epps, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. cites: As to damages from delay of carrier: 15 Ga. App. 751; Hutchinson Carriers, sec. 651; 109 Mo.
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Before Prince, J-, Florence, April, 1915. Action by H. Van Epps and D. Moultrie Epps, copartners trading under the firm name and style of Epps & Epps, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. cites: As to damages from delay of carrier: 15 Ga. App. 751; Hutchinson Carriers, sec. 651; 109 Mo. App. 567; 83 S. W. 52; 72 S. C. 398; 179 U. S. 658; 226 U. S. 491. cites: Barnes Interstate Commerce, sec. 159; 2 I. C. C. R. 594; 2 A. & E. Enc. of L. 841; 88 S. C. 172; 78 S. C. 8; 88 Am. St. Rep. 74. Excuses for delay: 91 S. C. 61; 136 Mo. App.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages in which the plaintiffs allege that on the 29th of May, 1914, at Lake City, in the State of South Carolina, they delivered to the defendant 425 baskets of beans, consigned to the party therein named in the city of New York; that, by reason of negligence on the part of the defendant in transporting said shipment of beans to their destination, they were so delayed in carriage as to devolve upon plaintiffs a loss of $333.33; said shipment not having arrived at the point of destination until the 3d of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Peninsula Produce ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Piero v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Commins v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
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