Blowers v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, May, 1904. Action by Richard D. Blowers against Southern Railway. From judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cite: As to liability of defendant: 4 Cyc., 320, 325; 14 Ency., 767, 768; Wood on Master and Servant, 103; 17 Ency., 1 ed., 340; 32 Mo. App., 103. cites: To recover compensation, services must have been rendered under contract expressed or implied: 1 McC., 23; 8 Cyc., 245; 2 Mills R., 348; 20 John.
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Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, May, 1904. Action by Richard D. Blowers against Southern Railway. From judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cite: As to liability of defendant: 4 Cyc., 320, 325; 14 Ency., 767, 768; Wood on Master and Servant, 103; 17 Ency., 1 ed., 340; 32 Mo. App., 103. cites: To recover compensation, services must have been rendered under contract expressed or implied: 1 McC., 23; 8 Cyc., 245; 2 Mills R., 348; 20 John. R., 28; 14 Ency., 1 ed., 761. Or with expectation of being paid, and that person benefited has reason to so know: 20 Am. R., 347; 26 S. C., 610; 8 Cyc.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action for compensation under an alleged implied cofttract .for services repdered' th,e defendant by the plaintiff. The appeal is from an order of nonsuit. The complaint alleges that the defendant was engaged in the transportation of the United States mails over the lines of its railways to and from the city of Spartanburg, S. C., under a contract with the United States, by which it was the duty of the defendant to transfer all mails from one of its cars to the other, also to handle and guard such mails at its depot and…
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