Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 13, 1924No. 11630PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Cothran.
Action for $20,000 damages on account of the alleged malicious slander of the plaintiff by the defendant Cooper, station agent of the defendant railway Company at Kline, S. C. Verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,000 against the railway company and $150 against the agent. Both defendants have appealed.
The circumstances out of which the alleged slander arose were as follows :
During the watermelon season of 1922 the railroad company refused to accept such shipments unless the freight was prepaid, or a bond put up by the consignor…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. LansdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- McCarthy v. De ArmitSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1881
- Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. BohonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. WhetstoneSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Frederick H. Hope v. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc., the Hearst Corporation and Igor CassiniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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