Traynham v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before C. C. FeaThErstone, Special Judge, Laurens, April term, 1910. Action by Z. R. Traynham against the Charleston and Western Carolina Ry. Co. Defendant appeals. Messrs.
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Before C. C. FeaThErstone, Special Judge, Laurens, April term, 1910. Action by Z. R. Traynham against the Charleston and Western Carolina Ry. Co. Defendant appeals. Messrs. Simpson, Cooper & Rabb cite: This is an interstate shipment: 81 S. C. 169. Mr. Grier cites: The act should be construed to apply to transportation within the State: 9 Wheat. 189; 95 U. S. 469; 202 U. S. 543; 22 S. C. 236; 81 S. C. 69; 17 D. R. A. 643. Character of the shipment: 29 S. C. 510; 187 U. S. 621; 3 D. R. A. 238; 204 U. S. 404; 81 S. C. 169. The act cannot be applied to an interstate shipment: 145 U. S. 621; 118…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Ci-iiee Justice Gary.
This is an action for the recovery of a statutory penalty, and for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of an unreasonable delay on the part of the defendant, in transporting certain articles of merchandise.
The allegations of the complaint, material to the consideration of the questions involved, are as follows:
“That heretofore, to wit: on the 4th day of March, 1907, the Ashepoe Fertilizer Company delivered to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, at Charleston, S. C., ten tons of guano,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hanley v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Pacific Coast Steam-ship Co. v. Board of Railroad Com'rsUnited States Circuit Court · 1883
- Sternberger v. Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1888
- Frasier & Co. v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Hunter v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
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