Sloss Iron & Steel Co. v. South Carolina & G. R.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina. This was an action at law, by the Sloss Iron & Steel Company against the South Carolina & Georgia Railroad Company to recover damages for breach of contract. At the conclusion of the testimony the court ordered a nonsuit, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PURNELL, District Judge.
This was an action at law to recover 840,000 damages for breach of contract. In 1893, D. II. Chamberlain was, under orders and decrees of the circuit court: for the district of South Carolina, receiver and iu possession of the South Carolina Railway Company, its property and franchises. On the 28th day of July, 1893, the Sloss Iron & Steel Company, plaintiff in error, entered into a written contract with the said Chamberlain, receiver, as follows:
Charleston, g. C., July 28, 1893.
South Carolina Railway Company, Charleston, S. 0.: We agree to furnish you all the steam…
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