Walker v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Union, June Term, 1906. Action by A. P. H. Walker against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs. Sanders & Depass cite: As to refusal to grant nonsuit: 9 Am. St. R., 439; 81 Am. St. R., 816; 35 Am. St. R., 823; 66 S. C., 477. As to refusal to direct a verdict: 35 Am. St. R., 823; 81 Am. St. R., 816; 173 U. S., 348; 18 Am. St. R., 119. Spencer National Bank v. Inman Mills. Messrs.
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Before Prince, J., Union, June Term, 1906. Action by A. P. H. Walker against Southern Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs. Sanders & Depass cite: As to refusal to grant nonsuit: 9 Am. St. R., 439; 81 Am. St. R., 816; 35 Am. St. R., 823; 66 S. C., 477. As to refusal to direct a verdict: 35 Am. St. R., 823; 81 Am. St. R., 816; 173 U. S., 348; 18 Am. St. R., 119. Spencer National Bank v. Inman Mills. Messrs. Townsend & Tozvnsend cite: Piling claim with cashier is not sufficient: 71 S. C., 273. Presumption as to damage: 66 S. C., 477; 19 Ency., 39; 92 U. S., 283; 3…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company received from the plaintiff, Walker, at Louisville, Ky., nine horses to be delivered at Jellico, the junctional point, to the defendant, the Southern Railway Company, for carriage to Union, S. C., the ultimate destination. Only eight horses were found in the car on its arrival at Union. The plaintiff made out his claim against the Southern Railway Company for one hundred and- forty-two dollars and fifty cents, the price paid for the missing horse in Louisville, attaching the bill of lading…
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