Wray v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before W. B. Gruber, special Judge, Barnwell, October, 1913. Action by Minnie C. Wray against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. From order granting a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
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Before W. B. Gruber, special Judge, Barnwell, October, 1913. Action by Minnie C. Wray against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. From order granting a new trial, plaintiff appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion. cites: Measure of damages for loss of personal baggage: 75 S. C. 58; 6 Cyc. 677; 68 S. C. 528. Questions not raised by exceptions: 34 S. C. 160; Code Civil Proc. 397. Power of Court to order new trial: Code Civil Proc. 407. cite: Measure of damages: 79 S. C. 155; 76 S. C. 338; 75 S. C. 58, distinguished. Judgment according to justice of case: 87 S. C. 267; 70 S. C. 178; 81 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion o-f the Court was 'delivered by
Mr. Ci-iiee Justice Gary.
This action was commenced in a magistrate’s Court, for the recovery óf ten dollars damages, to a trunk, while it was being transported by the defendant as baggage of the plaintiff, from Dunn, N. C., to Barnwell, S. C., and for the statutory penalty of fifty dollars for failure to pay the claim within the time required by law.
Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for the full amount claimed, and the defendant appealed to the Cir cuit Court, whereupon his Honor, the presiding Judge, reversed the judgment and ordered…
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