Kohn v. Richmond
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Newberry, November, 1890. This was an action by S. J. Kohn & Co. against the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company, to recover damages for the wrongful conversion of personal property. The trial justice before whom the action was tried gave judgment for twenty-six 29-100 dollars in favor of plaintiffs, and on appeal to the Circuit Court, this judgment was affirmed. Defendant then appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIyer.
The plaintiffs bring this action to recover damages for the conversion of certain personal property, alleged to belong to plaintiffs. The facts may be briefly stated as follows: On the 13th of October, 1887, one Clendenning delivered to the agent of defendant company at Prosperity the property in question, consisting of a lot of household goods, to be shipped by defendant’s train to Laurens. After said agent had received and receipted for said goods, defendant’s agent was notified by an agent of plaintiffs not to ship said…
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