Huguelet v. Warfield
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before MemmingEr, J., Abbeville, Action by J. G. Huguelet against S. Davies Warfield et al., receivers of Seaboard Air Dine Railway. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Mr. Glenn cites: Receivers are not liable to state penalties: 99 U. S., 573; 15 D. R. A., 263; 177 U. S,, 30'5; 5 Wheat., 76. Action should not be brought without leave of the Court: 104 U. S., 126; 45 Fed.
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Before MemmingEr, J., Abbeville, Action by J. G. Huguelet against S. Davies Warfield et al., receivers of Seaboard Air Dine Railway. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Mr. Glenn cites: Receivers are not liable to state penalties: 99 U. S., 573; 15 D. R. A., 263; 177 U. S,, 30'5; 5 Wheat., 76. Action should not be brought without leave of the Court: 104 U. S., 126; 45 Fed. R., 665; 59 Fed.. 523; 149 U. S., 182; 81 Fed., 52'9; 135 Fed., 707; 61 Fed., 417. Mr. Greene cites: Extent of liability: Hutch, on Carriers, sec. 429. Receivers not liable for penalty: 177 U. S., 305; 5 Wheat.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Plaintiff brought this action against defendants as receivers of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, to recover one hundred dollars, as damages to a lot of household goods while in the possession of defendants, operating said railroad under an order of the Federal Court; and further, to recover the statutory penalty of fifty dollars, for failure to adjust and pay the claim within the period required.
The answer was a general denial. The verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal.
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- Barton v. BarbourSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Winslow Bros. & Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
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- Candee v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1920
- Echols v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
- Castner v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
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