Wilcox v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Union!, May term,. 1911. Action by J. P. Wilcox against: Southern Railway. Defendant appeal®. cite: Provisions of interstate ticket; Sec. 15 Interstate Com. Law1; Barnes on Interstate Transportation, -sec. 570, Sub.
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Before Watts, J., Union!, May term,. 1911. Action by J. P. Wilcox against: Southern Railway. Defendant appeal®. cite: Provisions of interstate ticket; Sec. 15 Interstate Com. Law1; Barnes on Interstate Transportation, -sec. 570, Sub. A. & E. Ticket collector cannot make contract of passage: Code 1902, 2163, 2571; 2 Hutch., sec. 117; 1 Elliott, sec. 302; 3 Thomp'. on Neg., sec. 2571. Punitive damages should not have been sent to the jury: 5 Rich. 17; 37 S. C. 191; 37 S. C. 377; 58 S. C. 113; 35 S. C. 188; 11 Am. St. R. 171; 69 S. C. 131; 81 S. C. 113; 56 S. C. 531; 87 S. C. 193. Instructions…
1Opinion of the Court
The op-inion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This is an action by the plaintiff-respondent against the defendant-appellant, for damages arising out of alleged misinformation given ta the plaintiff by the agent of the defendant. The plaintiff, -being in the city of Columbia, S. C., purchased of the agent of the defendant a -ticket from Columbia, S'. C., to' Atlanta, Ga., over defendant’s road by Spartanburg.
The plaintiff claims that on toe way between Columbia and Spartanburg, 'and before he reached Union, S. C., he learned1 that he would have to wait in Spartanburg seven…
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