Huddy v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice; Fishburne;.

This action was brought by Gilbert V. ITuddy ■ against the Railway Express Agency, Inc, to recover damages, actual and punitive, for delay in transporting a suitcase containing wearing apparel of the plaintiff, and for alleged fraud, negligence, wantonness and willfulness in the collection of an alleged overcharge. The shipment was delivered to the defendant, Railway Express Agency, Inc, a common carrier of express matter, at the City of Camden, in the. State of South Carolina, by W. E. DePass, who directed that it should be…