Associated Petroleum Carriers v. Mutual Properties, Inc.

Moss, Justice.

The plaintiff, Associated Petroleum Carriers, a common carrier of petroleum products, brought this action against Mutual Properties, Inc., the defendant herein, a consignee, seeking judgment for freight charges due the plaintiff on account of certain shipments of petroleum products transported from Charleston, South Carolina, to Columbia, South Carolina.

The case was tried before the Honorable Legare Bates, County Judge of Richland County, South Carolina, and a jury. At the conclusion of all the testimony, the County Judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of…