Gilliland & Gaffney v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugi-i, J. Spartanburg. Fall Term, 1908. Action by Gilliland & Gaffney against Southern Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite.
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Before Klugi-i, J. Spartanburg. Fall Term, 1908. Action by Gilliland & Gaffney against Southern Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite. This being a Georgia contract, must be construed according to the laws of Georgia: 73 S. C., 145. So construed, defendant is not liable: 41 S. F., 566, 653; 45 S. F., 223 ; 36 S. E., 946; 17 S. E., 934; 13 S. E., 711; 76 Ga., 253; 73 Ga., 722; 71 Ga., 61; 68 Ga., 805. How agency shown: 17 S. C., 142; 39 S. C., 535; 44 S. C., 91. In otñce communicating by telephone: 35 111. App., 540; 103 111. App., 623; 48 Pac., 933; 40 Am. St.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
On February 27, 1907, the plaintiffs, dealers in horses and mules, shipped a carload of stock consisting of eleven horses and five mules from Atlanta, Ga., to Spartanburg, S. C., over the defendant’s railroad. A judgment was recovered for injuries to the stock in transit under this allegation: “That at Greenville, South Carolina, a station on its line, defendant unloaded such stock in an unfit, unsuitable and unprotected place, where for several hours they were subjected in the mud to very severe cold, rain, wind and sleet; in…
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