Jones v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Princr, J., Aiken, April, 1911. Action- by Joseph A. Jones against Postal- Telegraph-Cable Company and M. A. Ray. Defendants appeal. cite: Did the Aiken Common Pleas have jurisdiction: 25 S. C. 385; 28 S. C. 313; 22 S. C. 276; 87 & C. 101; 23 Cyc. 683, 697; 87 S. C. 322; 74 S. C. 441; 28 S. C. 315. Was the cfse removable: 84 S. C. 546; 77 S. C. 103; 73 S. C. 17ft; 115 Ga. 1022; 160 U. S- 583; 111 U. S. 637; 107 Fed.
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Before Princr, J., Aiken, April, 1911. Action- by Joseph A. Jones against Postal- Telegraph-Cable Company and M. A. Ray. Defendants appeal. cite: Did the Aiken Common Pleas have jurisdiction: 25 S. C. 385; 28 S. C. 313; 22 S. C. 276; 87 & C. 101; 23 Cyc. 683, 697; 87 S. C. 322; 74 S. C. 441; 28 S. C. 315. Was the cfse removable: 84 S. C. 546; 77 S. C. 103; 73 S. C. 17ft; 115 Ga. 1022; 160 U. S- 583; 111 U. S. 637; 107 Fed. R. 762; 160 U. S. 556; 79 S..C. 204; 347 Fed. 87; 14S Fed., 75; 150 Fed. 805; 174 Fed. R. 709; 204 U. S 176; 200 US. 206; 215 U. S. 308. No cause of action stated against…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion' of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The main questions' involved in this appeal from a judgment for damages for personal injuries, are: (1) Were the defendants entitled to atn order from the Circuit Judge for the removal of the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States)? (2) Was the Circuit Court without jurisdiction) to hear the action) against the defendant, Postal Telegraph Company, because it was a foreign 'corporation' ? ( 8 ) Should a nonsuit have been ordered on the ground that the plaintiff had undertaken the duty of inspecting the defective pole, by the…
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