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Palmetto Lumber Co. v. Southern Ry.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 25, 1929PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Justice C. T. Graydon.

This was an action by the plaintiff, Palmetto Lumber Company, against Southern Railway and Southern Railway—-Carolina Division, defendants, on two separate causes of action for the destruction of certain premises by communicated fire.

The first cause of action alleges the communication of the fire from the locomotive of a train operated by the defendants to certain property of plaintiff, destroying same, and claims the right to recover under Section 4910, Vol. 3, Code of 1922. The second cause of action alleges that the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. BowenSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Minis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
  3. Myer v. Car Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Vietor v. ArthurSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  5. State Ex Rel. Wolfe v. SandersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1920

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Town of Forest Acres v. SeiglerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1953
  2. Schumacher v. ChapinSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
  3. Taylor v. MarshSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
  4. Crawford v. CrawfordSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
  5. Fraser-Patterson Lumber Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. South Carolina · 1948

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