Seegers Bros. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Chesterfield, May, 1904. Action by Seeg-ers Bros, against Seaboard Air Line Railway. From judgment of Circuit Court reversing judgment of Magistrate S. H. Reid, plaintiffs appeal. cites: 31 S. E., 330; 41 S. E., 522, 108; 165 U. S., 150'; 38 S, C., 116; 165 U. S., 1, 258; 115 U. S-, 112. Mr. Mclver cites: 165 U. S., 150'; 63' S. C., 180; 65 Ala., 193; 60 Miss,, 641; 70' Mich., 382; 49 Ark., 492; 6 Neb., 37; 141 111., 171; 147 111., 66; 28 Wis., 464; 69 S.…
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Before Watts, J., Chesterfield, May, 1904. Action by Seeg-ers Bros, against Seaboard Air Line Railway. From judgment of Circuit Court reversing judgment of Magistrate S. H. Reid, plaintiffs appeal. cites: 31 S. E., 330; 41 S. E., 522, 108; 165 U. S., 150'; 38 S, C., 116; 165 U. S., 1, 258; 115 U. S-, 112. Mr. Mclver cites: 165 U. S., 150'; 63' S. C., 180; 65 Ala., 193; 60 Miss,, 641; 70' Mich., 382; 49 Ark., 492; 6 Neb., 37; 141 111., 171; 147 111., 66; 28 Wis., 464; 69 S. C., 322.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This action was commenced in a magistrate court for the County of Chesterfield, to recover $1.75 for loss or damage to freight, a bunch of bananas, shipped August 31, 1903, to plaintiffs at McBee, S. C., from Columbia, S. C., over defendant’s line, and for $50' penalty for failure to' adjust and pay the said loss or damage within forty days, as required by the statute. The magistrate rendered judgment for the whole amount claimed, including the penalty. On appeal to the Circuit Court, Judge Watts modified the judgment of the…
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