Mayfield v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Bamberg, Fall term, 1908. Action by S. G. Mayfield against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Proof of contents of bill of lading improperly permitted: 81 S. C., 451. No evidence of punitive damages: 39 S. C., 365, 381; 57 S. C., 325; 52 S. C., 291; 81 S. C., 25. Action not maintainable under section 1710, Code, 1902: 53 S. C., 496; 78 S. C., 42. cites: Failure to give notice required by section 1710 of Code,…
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Before Wilson, J., Bamberg, Fall term, 1908. Action by S. G. Mayfield against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Proof of contents of bill of lading improperly permitted: 81 S. C., 451. No evidence of punitive damages: 39 S. C., 365, 381; 57 S. C., 325; 52 S. C., 291; 81 S. C., 25. Action not maintainable under section 1710, Code, 1902: 53 S. C., 496; 78 S. C., 42. cites: Failure to give notice required by section 1710 of Code, renders defendant liable: Cave v. Ry., 53 S'. C.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Plaintiff brought action against defendant to recover damages, actual and punitive, for reasonable detention, reckless handling, unlawful overcharges for feed and freight, and wilful failure to adjust the loss or to give information as to when, where and by what carrier the loss occurred, with respect to a shipment of a carload of horses from Port Thomas, Arizona, to Denmark, South Carolina, in violation of section 1710 of volume I, Code of Laws. The action resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff for nine hundred and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Venning v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Cave v. Carolina Midland Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
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