Teddars v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Action by J. H. Teddars against Southern Railway Company. From a judgment on verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Before Shipp, J., Action by J. H. Teddars against Southern Railway Company. From a judgment on verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The charge of the Circuit Judge, excepted to, was as follows: “Now, Mr. Foreman, I charge you, as a matter of law, where a person purchases a ticket from one point on a railroad company’s line to another point, and pays the usual fare — the usual fare charged by the company for such passage, why, when, he boards a train designed for the handling of passengers, that he has a legal right to- passage on such train between the points covered by the ticket he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action for damages for an alleged wrongful ejection of plaintiff, a passenger on defendant’s train from Columbia to'Greenville, at Chappells, S. C., on June 3, 1913. The cause was heard before Judge Shipp, and a jury, at the September term of Court for Greenwood county, 1913, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $500. After entry of judgment, defendant appeals.
1 The first exception complains of alleged error in the Judge’s charge in reference to the duty of the carrier when a dispute arises between the carrier…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Tolleson v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Smith v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- City of Cochran v. LanfairSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Myers v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
- Davis v. North Western R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
3Cited by6 opinions
- Enlee v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
- Adams v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
- McKeown v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
- Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
- Saunders v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1915
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