Mulligan v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Aiken, Fall term, 1908. Action by B. E. and Ella Mulligan against Southern Railway. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: No evidence of wilfulness: 77 S. C., 527; 78 S. C., 109; 77 S. C., 154; 76 S. C., 307; 73 S. C., 523; 68 S- C., 98; 64 & C., 423. Rffect of non-guarantee notice: 5 Ency., 586; 32' E. R. A., 544. Posting bulletin statute provides its own remedy: Endlich on Int.
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Before Wilson, J., Aiken, Fall term, 1908. Action by B. E. and Ella Mulligan against Southern Railway. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: No evidence of wilfulness: 77 S. C., 527; 78 S. C., 109; 77 S. C., 154; 76 S. C., 307; 73 S. C., 523; 68 S- C., 98; 64 & C., 423. Rffect of non-guarantee notice: 5 Ency., 586; 32' E. R. A., 544. Posting bulletin statute provides its own remedy: Endlich on Int. Stat., secs. 470; 472. cite: Carrier presumed liable: 69 S. C., 121; 53 S. C., 213; 60 S. C., 74. Issue of wilfulness properly sent to the jury: 69 S. C., 135; 65 S'. C., 99; 53 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice Jones.
The plaintiffs, husband and wife, having purchased tickets from Langley, S. C., to Pine-land, S. C., and return, became passengers on defendant’s train at Langley at about 6 :30 p. m. December 24, 1906, and about 8 o’clock p. m. reached Blackville, S. C., a junctional point, where they expected to take train No. 29, running from Washington to' Florida, scheduled to reach Blackville at 2 a. m. and to arrive at Pineland at 4:31 a. m. Christmas- morning. Mr. Mulligan’s intention was to spend Christmas holiday in the home of his…
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