General Electric Co. v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Richland, December, 1904. Action by General Electric Company against Southern Railway. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite. If original contract is carried out in delivery of goods, no harm is done plaintiff: 8 A. & E. R. R. Cas., N. S. 380; 36 S. W., 396; 13 Cyc., 170, note 67. cite: Defendant is liable for goods: 25 S. C., 226 ; 3 Wood’s Daw, 1594; 8 Phil., 19 ; 29 Wis., 611.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
This is an action by the plaintiff, a corporation under the laws of the State of New York, against the defendant, a corporation under the laws of Virginia, but domesticated in South Carolina, for the recovery of the sum of $230.57. The contest grew, out of a motor of the value of $230.57, transported from Schenectady, N. Y., to Columbia, S. C. The bill of lading was to the order of the General Electric Company, notify Cotton States Electric and Machine Co>. This bill of lading, together with a draft attached thereto', was drawn…
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