Legal Opinion

Beck v. Northwestern R. R.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 24, 1914No. 8975PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Before SeasE, J., Sumter, November, 1913. Action by Julia V. Beck against Northwestern Railroad Company of South Carolina. From decree in favor of plaintiff, granting an injunction against the defendant, the latter appeals. The first, fourth, fifth and ninth exceptions to the charge were as follows: First.

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Before SeasE, J., Sumter, November, 1913. Action by Julia V. Beck against Northwestern Railroad Company of South Carolina. From decree in favor of plaintiff, granting an injunction against the defendant, the latter appeals. The first, fourth, fifth and ninth exceptions to the charge were as follows: First. There was error in permitting the plaintiff tó withdraw and annul the stipulation in writing dated June first, 1911, entered into and signed between the respective counsel in this cause, no sufficient legal reason having been given by the plaintiff or her counsel for the withdrawal of such…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This was an action for injunction and damages for an alleged unlawful digging and removing soil along the side of the right of way on land claimed by the plaintiff. The case was tried ,by his Honor, Judge Sease, and a jury, at the November term of Court, 1913, for Sumter county, and resulted in a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of six hundred dollars, and on November 22, 1913, Judge Sease made an order enjoining the defendant from using more than twenty-five (25) feet on each side from the center of its roadbed as a right of…

2Cited by10 opinions

  1. Moyle v. CampbellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
  2. McFaddin v. BlandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1928
  3. Poore v. PooreSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
  4. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. LittleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  5. Beck v. Northwestern R. Co. of S.C.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916

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