Legal Opinion

Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Shelton

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided November 30, 1914No. 1249PublishedCited by 6 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of South Carolina, at Columbia; Henry A. Middleton Smith, Judge. Action at law by .William J. Shelton against the Southern Cotton Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

McDOWELL, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error was a defendant below, and will be herein referred to as the Oil Company. The defendant in error was the plaintiff below, and will be usually referred to as the plaintiff. In September, 1911, the plaintiff filed in the common pleas court of Fairfield county, S. C., the following complaint:

*249•“State of South Carolina, Fairfield County.

“In the Court of Common Pleas.
“Wm. J. Shelton, Plaintiff, v. Southern Cotton Oil Company, Defendant.
“The plaintiff, complaining of the defendant, alleges:
“1. That the plaintiff is, and at the times hereinafter…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Railway Co. v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Whitehead v. ShattuckSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  3. Erhardt v. BoaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  4. Erhardt v. BoaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. Black v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Henderson v. United States Radiator CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
  2. Raytheon Mfg. Co. v. Radio Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1935
  3. Wollums Ex Rel. Wollums v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'nMissouri Court of Appeals · 1931
  4. Parrott Estate Co. v. McLaughlinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
  5. Missouri Pac. R. R. Corp. in Nebraska v. Nebraska State Ry. CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933

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