Blowers v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Spartanburg, February, 1905. Action by R. D. Blowers against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: It is not a common law. or statutory duty of railroad company to ■ carry mails: U. S. Rev. S-tat., 3999, et seq.; 19 S-tat, 72-82; 25 Ct. of Cl., 30; 142 U. S., 615; 164 U. S., 190; Bald. Am.
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Before Watts, J., Spartanburg, February, 1905. Action by R. D. Blowers against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: It is not a common law. or statutory duty of railroad company to ■ carry mails: U. S. Rev. S-tat., 3999, et seq.; 19 S-tat, 72-82; 25 Ct. of Cl., 30; 142 U. S., 615; 164 U. S., 190; Bald. Am. R. R. F., 399; 76 Ala., 357; 12 Stat., 508; 11 Stat., 348. Scape of authority of agent must be shown: 1 Elliott on R. R., sec. 211; 35 S'. C., 521; Meach., sec. 276; 3 Cook on Cor., 4 ed., sec. 720. Declarations after transaction by agent are not res…
1Opinion of the Court
T'he opinion of the Court was delivered by
• Mr. Justice Jones.
The plaintiff in this action sought compensation upon an implied contract for services rendered by plaintiff to defendant in transferring mail matter from' one train to another at Spartanburg, S. C., from July 1, 1894, to' July 1, 1900, alleged to be reasonably worth $1,990. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,750-, and from the judgment thereon defendant now appeals.
It appears that during the said period plaintiff was a mail messenger in the employ of the United States Government, and as such it was his duty…
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