Goldstein v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Spartanburg, June, 1907. Action by R. Goldstein against Southern Railway. From Circuit order reversing judgment of magistrate, R. B. Palsey, defendant, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
This was an action begun in Magistrate R. B. Palsey’s court for the recovery of the sum of $22.85 for goods lost in transit by the defendant, and for the statutory penalty of fifty dollars for failure to settle the claim within ninety days, and for twenty-five dollars dam ages for recklessness in shipping said freight. The magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $22.85, but refused the penalty. The plaintiff then appealed to the Circuit Court, Judge R. O. Purdy, presiding, who reversed the judgment of the…
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