Thomas v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Sumter, November, 1907. Action by Frank E. Thomas, against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Erom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Bill of lading may be explained, 6 Cyc., 416, 421; 1 Green Ev., sec. 305; 4 Ell. on R. R., sec. 1419; 1 Hutch, on Car., sec. 158; 23 Ela., 463 ; 61 Am. St. R., 253 ; 1 Bail., 174; 27 S. C., 376; 9 S. C., 92; 130 U. S., 416; 4 Ency./526; 96 S. W., 488; 7 Current b., 1543 ; 9 L. R. A., 268; 38 Am.
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Before Prince, J., Sumter, November, 1907. Action by Frank E. Thomas, against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Erom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Bill of lading may be explained, 6 Cyc., 416, 421; 1 Green Ev., sec. 305; 4 Ell. on R. R., sec. 1419; 1 Hutch, on Car., sec. 158; 23 Ela., 463 ; 61 Am. St. R., 253 ; 1 Bail., 174; 27 S. C., 376; 9 S. C., 92; 130 U. S., 416; 4 Ency./526; 96 S. W., 488; 7 Current b., 1543 ; 9 L. R. A., 268; 38 Am. D., 410. cites: Character of bill of lading: 4 b. R. A., 246; 75 U. S., 325; 2 Ency., 531.
1Opinion of the Court
April 25, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by In this case the Circuit Court affirmed the judgment of a magistrate Court awarding to plaintiff $27.00, the value of one ton of cotton seed meal alleged to have been lost out of a shipment of thirty tons of cotton seed meal over defendant's line, the judgment also including $50 penalty under an Act of February, 1903, for not adjusting and paying the claim within the time required by law.
On January 10, 1907, at Columbia, S.C. the defendant issued to the South Carolina Cotton Oil Co. its bill of lading reciting that it had received from…
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