Southern Railway Co. v. Carson
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ' Carson, a Resident of: Greenville County, South Carolina, brought- this suit in.the Court of Common Pleas of that county against the Southern Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia and engaged in running trains through several States as a common carrier, and J. C. Aiwood and J. D. Miller, residents of Greenville.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. ' Carson, a Resident of: Greenville County, South Carolina, brought- this suit in.the Court of Common Pleas of that county against the Southern Railway Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia and engaged in running trains through several States as a common carrier, and J. C. Aiwood and J. D. Miller, residents of Greenville. County, to recover damages for personal injuries, which, he charged .in his complaint, “were due to the joint and concurrent negligence, carelessness and fault of- the defendants,…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Fuller,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court. .
This case comes before us on motions-to dismiss or affirm. There was certainly color for the motion to dismiss as we retain jurisdiction with hesitation, and we will dispose of the case on the motion to affirm.
By some of the many exceptions preserved on the trial and disposed of by the state Supreme Court, it was sought to raise Federal questions in respect of the' acts of Congress (1) providing for the removal of. cases from a-state court to a court of the United States, and (2) providing that…
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