Hopkins v. Clemson Agricultural College
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Action by John Hopkins against Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals on the following exceptions: “I. Because his Honor erred in finding and holding that the corporation created under the name of ‘The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina’ is an agent of the State, and, as such, it cannot be sued; whereas, he should have found and held that defendant is a body politic and corporate, 'and capable of suing and…
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Action by John Hopkins against Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals on the following exceptions: “I. Because his Honor erred in finding and holding that the corporation created under the name of ‘The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina’ is an agent of the State, and, as such, it cannot be sued; whereas, he should have found and held that defendant is a body politic and corporate, 'and capable of suing and being sued. “II. Because his Honor erred in finding and holding that the legislature of the State, in creating the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion in this case was filed November 20, 1906, but remittitur held up on petition for rehearing until
January 27, 1907. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This action was begun on the first day of September, 1905. Its object was to recover by the plaintiff of the defendant the sum of eight thousand dollars on account of the tort of the defendant by a dike erected by the defendant on the east side of the Seneca River, which it was alleged had caused the waters of said Seneca River to overflow forty-three acres of bottom lands owned by the plaintiff, so that said lands were so…
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