Owens v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Spain, J., Barnwell, March, 1913. Action by Bessie Owens, by guardian, against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company. Defendant appeals-. contra, cite: As to punitive damages: 61 S. C. 189; 65 S. C. 336; 88 S. C. 14.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion oí the Court .was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action for damages for wilfully and unlawfully withholding from the plaintiff a shipment of goods made by her over defendant railroad, and for unlawful storage charges on the same. The case was tried before a magistrate, who gave judgment for the plaintiff, upon appeal to the Circuit Court, the Circuit Judge, his Honor, Judge Spain, dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgment of the magistrate’s court. Defendant appeals to» this Court and questions correctness of this ruling, and asks reversal of the same. It is…
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- State v. PowellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1912
- Lewis v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907