Bultman v. Atlantic Coast Line R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Marion, Spring term, 1915. Action by F. A. Bultman and another against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The exceptions were as follows: Because his Honor erred in granting an order of nonsuit.
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Before Prince, J., Marion, Spring term, 1915. Action by F. A. Bultman and another against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. The exceptions were as follows: Because his Honor erred in granting an order of nonsuit. (1) In that it appears from the evidence that the plaintiffs, or at least one of them, were under a binding contract to purchase the premises in question before the injury to the same; that they could, under their legal rights, either take the premises subject to an abatement from the purchase price by reason of the injury,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Action against a railroad company for damages which were caused by a fire communicated to plaintiff’s lands by a locomotive engine. The Court directed a nonsuit, and the plaintiff has appealed.
The fire occurred in May, 1911. At that time Mullins had legal title to the land, but in April, 1911, she had contracted with Bultman to sell the same to him, and pursuant to that contract she conveyed the land to'Bultman in November, 1911. And in December, 1911, Bultman conveyed an undivided one-third interest in the title to McCutchen. In the…
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