Hasseltine v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before O'. W. Buchanan, special Judge, October Term, 1905, Lancaster. Action by J. A. Hasseltine against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Before O'. W. Buchanan, special Judge, October Term, 1905, Lancaster. Action by J. A. Hasseltine against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. (No'.argument furnished Reporter.) cites: Passenger must be furnished every necessary facility for reaching his journey comfortably: 53 S. C., 210; 69 S. C., 132; Thomp'. on Neg., 35, 37, 33, 187, 544, 558. Carrier must exercise highest degree of care: 65 S. C., 388; 67 S. C., 65; 55 S. C., 389; 62 S. C., 136; 9 Rich., 89; 41 S. C., 440. Defendant is liable if its servants act within apparent scope of their authority: 37…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff, a passenger on the defendant railroad on his way from Jacksonville, Fla., to Columbia, S. C., for lack of a health certificate was required by the quarantine officers of the city of Sayannah to- leave the train at the village of Burroughs, where he was unable to obtain food or lodging for the night; was forced to incur the expense of traveling to Jessup; fifty miles in the opposite direction, and resume his journey to’ Columbia from that point; and was delayed twenty-four hours in reaching his destination. For all this…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gillman v. Florida Cent. & Pen. R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Kilcoyne v. Southern Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1907