Shelby Ice & Fuel Co. v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil aotioN, appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace, heard before Ward, Jand a jury, at Spring Term, 1907, of the Superior Court of Cleveland County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant- appealed. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtAYalKbe, J.
Tliis action was brought to recover the penalty given by section 2632 of the Revisal for delay in transporting a carload of brick from Grover, N. C., to Shelby, N. C. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed. It appears, by implication, that a part of the transportation was through the State of South Carolina, though the evidence on that point is not of the most satisfactory character. The courts in some of the States have held that, in cases of railroad transportation like that we are considering in this appeal, if the initial and terminal points are in…
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