Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Varnville Furniture Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution of certain provisions of the South Carolina Civil Code of 1912 imposing penalties on carriers for failure to pay claims within a specified period, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution of certain provisions of the South Carolina Civil Code of 1912 imposing penalties on carriers for failure to pay claims within a specified period, are stated in the opinion. The South Carolina Penalty Act, as construed by the Supreme Court of the State, makes the delivering carrier responsible for the delicts of the connecting carrier, resulting in loss or damage, to the lawful holder of the bill of lading, in a through shipment,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an action for $14.75, damage to furniture in transit from High Point, North Carolina,, to Yarnyille, South Carolina, $4.60 overcharge, and $50 penalty under a South Carolina statute, Civil Code, 1912, § 2573, for a failure to pay the claims within forty days. The defendant contended that the law imposing the penalty was invalid under the Act to Regulate Commerce, especially § 20, as amended by the act of June 29, 1906, c. 3591, 34 Stat. 584, 593, known as the Carmack Amendment. The lower courts gave judgment for the plaintiff and the judgment was affirmed by the. Supreme Court of the…
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