Mathis v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Lexington, September, 1897. Action by M. F. Mathis v. Southern Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Upon removal of the cause: 104 U. S., 5; 19 Wall, 214; 106 U. S., 118; 117 U. S., 430; 103 U. S., 485; 131 U. S., 240; 81 Fed., 984; 122 U. S., 513; U. S. Con., art. 3, § 2, art. 6, subd. 2, art. 1, § 8; Act of 3d March, 1887; 161 U. S., 545; 75 Fed., 440; 167 U. S., 663; 100 U. S., 457. Testimony as to marriage and children…
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Before Klugh, J., Lexington, September, 1897. Action by M. F. Mathis v. Southern Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Upon removal of the cause: 104 U. S., 5; 19 Wall, 214; 106 U. S., 118; 117 U. S., 430; 103 U. S., 485; 131 U. S., 240; 81 Fed., 984; 122 U. S., 513; U. S. Con., art. 3, § 2, art. 6, subd. 2, art. 1, § 8; Act of 3d March, 1887; 161 U. S., 545; 75 Fed., 440; 167 U. S., 663; 100 U. S., 457. Testimony as to marriage and children incompetent: 102 U. S., 451; 81 Fed., 807; 85 Tenn., 465; 74 Ill., 343; 65 Ill., 160; 4 Gill, 406; 103 Mo., 570; 31 A.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
This action was brought on for trial before his Honor, Judge Klugh, and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $1,500. After judgment therefor the defendant appealed therefrom on five grounds, but at the hearing before this Court it abandoned the fourth ground. The first two grounds relate to the refusal of the Circuit Judge to recognize the effort of the defendant to procure a removal of the action for trial from the Court of Common Pleas for Lexington, in this State, to the Circuit Court of the United…
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