Wallingford v. West. Union Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Buchanan, J., Greenwood, April, 1900. From judgment on verdict for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: As to measure of damages: 53 S. C., 410. Negligence in delivery not the proximate cause: 9 Ech., 353; 94 U. S., 496; Dud., 180; Sp., 550; 25 S. C., 70; 16 N. Y., 489; 41 N. Y., 544; 64 Wis., 531; 81 Ga., 285; 40 S. C., 524. Error for attorneys not to sign notice to take testimony de bene esse: Rev. Stat., 2345; 18 Stat., 373; 29 S. C., 48; 6 Ency.
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Before Buchanan, J., Greenwood, April, 1900. From judgment on verdict for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: As to measure of damages: 53 S. C., 410. Negligence in delivery not the proximate cause: 9 Ech., 353; 94 U. S., 496; Dud., 180; Sp., 550; 25 S. C., 70; 16 N. Y., 489; 41 N. Y., 544; 64 Wis., 531; 81 Ga., 285; 40 S. C., 524. Error for attorneys not to sign notice to take testimony de bene esse: Rev. Stat., 2345; 18 Stat., 373; 29 S. C., 48; 6 Ency. P. & P., 513, 139; 14 Ibid., 131. Certificate of notary should have seal: 9 S. E. R., 273; 39 S. C., 340; Rev. Stat., 587; 18 F. Ca.,…
1Opinion of the Court
April 8, 1901. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The complaint herein, omitting the formal allegations, is as follows:
"V. That on the 27th day of December, 1895, the plaintiff engaged the defendant to transmit from the said town of Sheridan to the said town of Greenwood, and there to deliver to the said Sam. Wallingford, one of the plaintiffs herein, the following message: `Sam. Wallingford, Greenwood, S.C. Shall I sell Simms Wathen load for hundred, four months, six per cent. S.L. Wallingford.' * * *
"VI. That the said defendant had notice of the importance of the said message, and…
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- Pickens v. South Carolina & Georgia R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- Kaufman v. CaughmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1897
- Hall v. HallSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
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- Henderson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
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