Baldwin v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Oconee, Action by Stephen Baldwin against Postal Telegraph Cable Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. This case was tried on Circuit and in this Court with Voyles v. Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and one argument in both cases. Synopsis of the arguments are printed in the Voyles’ case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
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Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff recovered judgment for damages against defendant under this allegation: “That on the......day of......, in the years 1902 and 1903, the defendant oppressively, without right or authority, with a high hand, and in reckless and wanton disregard of the rights of the plaintiff, went upon his said tract of land and did trespass thereon by digging holes, erecting poles, stringing wires across said premises, cutting down and destroying trees, making roads through 'his cultivated and uncultivated lands and growing crops,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Proctor v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- MacHen v. Western Union Tel. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Chiles v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Duke v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Proctor v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Lillie B. Thomas v. the Amer. WorkmenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
- J.B. Colt Company v. BrittSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
- Snow v. City of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1991
- Taylor v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Hood v. Life Casualty Ins. Co. of Tenn.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
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