Barfield v. Stevens Mercantile Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Kershaw, September, 1909. Action by Sidney Barfield against Stevens Mercantile Co., William Hammond, Walter M. Stevens and John Clyburn. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. cite: The act does not prevent others from weighing cotton: 62 Miss. 469. If so construed, the act violates the due process clause of the Constitution: 53 S. C., 259; 78 S. C., 445; 1 Tied. State & Fed.
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Before Gary, J., Kershaw, September, 1909. Action by Sidney Barfield against Stevens Mercantile Co., William Hammond, Walter M. Stevens and John Clyburn. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. cite: The act does not prevent others from weighing cotton: 62 Miss. 469. If so construed, the act violates the due process clause of the Constitution: 53 S. C., 259; 78 S. C., 445; 1 Tied. State & Fed. Con. of P. & P., 261; 160 111., 459; 141 111., 171. The act is special legislation: 82 S. C.., 352; 51 S. C., 51; 61 S. C., 205. Oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was deliv-ered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Plaintiff claims to be a public cotton weigher at Bethune, in Kershaw county, S. C., under the act of February 2, 1906, 25 Stát, 137, entitled; “An act to provide for the election of a cotton weigher at Pickens courthouse and at Bethune, S. C., and to prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation,” and seeks to enjoin defendants, who are merchants and cotton buyers, from interfering with plaintiff in the discharge of their duties as such public cotton weigher, and from weighing any cotton marketed at Bethune, S. C. It is…
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- Budd v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- State v. HammondSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Carolina Grocery Co. v. BurnetSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Buist v. City Council of CharlestonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
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