Martin v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before F. B. Gary, special Judge, Lexington, November, 1903. Action by Thomas L. Martin against Seaboard Air Line Ry. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Testimony not tending to- make out a cause of action should be excluded: Code of Proc., 181; 61 S. C., 336; 60 S. C., 65. Court may direct verdict: 60 S. C., 401; SO S. C, 270; 42 S. C., 30; 81'S. E. R., 797; 6 Ency.
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Before F. B. Gary, special Judge, Lexington, November, 1903. Action by Thomas L. Martin against Seaboard Air Line Ry. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Testimony not tending to- make out a cause of action should be excluded: Code of Proc., 181; 61 S. C., 336; 60 S. C., 65. Court may direct verdict: 60 S. C., 401; SO S. C, 270; 42 S. C., 30; 81'S. E. R., 797; 6 Ency. P. & P., 675. As to measure of damages for breach of contract: 66 S. C., 75; 25 S. C., 70; 60 S. C., 254; 3 McC., 503; 2 N. & McC., 518; 8 Ency., 2 ed., 609, 612, 617, 619. Refusal of nevo trial on erroneous…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice; Woods.
This is an action to' recover damages for breach of contract. The plaintiff was the owner of a brick mill at Arthur’s Lake, in Lexington County, about one mile from Dixiana, a station on defendant’s railroad. Wishing to move his mill to the railroad in order to save the expense of hauling brick, plaintiff contracted with the de fendant railway company for a spur track at a point on the railroad about three-fourths of a mile from Dixiana. The contract provided as a condition precedent to the construction of the spur that plaintiff…
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