Tobin v. Chester & Lenoir N. G. R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Action by Laura C. Tobin against the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, for damages to a cow in transportation. Action was brought in Barnwell County, where the defendant had no office or roadbed. The Circuit Judge ordered the case transferred to Chester County. Plaintiff appeals. cite: Code, 146; 2 Rich., 512; 1 Strob., 72; Morawitz Priv. Cor. (2d ed.), 917; 24 U. S. Stat, 552; Murfree For. Cor., sec. 309; Darty Fed. Proc.
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Action by Laura C. Tobin against the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, for damages to a cow in transportation. Action was brought in Barnwell County, where the defendant had no office or roadbed. The Circuit Judge ordered the case transferred to Chester County. Plaintiff appeals. cite: Code, 146; 2 Rich., 512; 1 Strob., 72; Morawitz Priv. Cor. (2d ed.), 917; 24 U. S. Stat, 552; Murfree For. Cor., sec. 309; Darty Fed. Proc. (8th ed.), 124; 65 Cal., 394, 600; Code, 192; 64 M. C., 631; 66 N. C., 284; 21 S. E-, 791; 8 Iowa, 260; Code, 154, 156. cites: Code, 146; 15 111., 437; 2…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This is an appeal from an order transferring this case from the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County to that of Chester County. The action was commenced in Barnwell by service of summons and complaint on the defendant at Chester, S. C., to recover *388damages for alleged injury to plaintiff’s cow, while in course of transportation over the line of the defendant company and in connecting lines, from Guthriesville, in York County, to Barnwell, S. C. The defendant is a domestic railway corporation under the laws of this State, its only…
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