Mason v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, Action by Margaret Mason against Postal Telegraph Cable Co. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Parol evidence incompetent to contradict permit: Star.
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Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, Action by Margaret Mason against Postal Telegraph Cable Co. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Parol evidence incompetent to contradict permit: Star. Pv., 648; 46 S. C., 372; 69 S. C., 93; 52 S. C., 133; 56 S. C., 558. One entering under permission is not trespasser: 32 S. C., 429; 1 Add. on Torts, sec. 447; 18 Pncy., 1132-34; 33 S. C., 175; 58 S. C., 145, 532; 62 S. C., 52; 21 S. C., 420. ' A person who can read is bound 'by paper signed: 9 S. C., 20; 69 S. C., 87; 53 S. C., 55; 46 S. C., 229; 2 Strob. Pq., 153; Bail Pep, 485. same…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The complaint in this action was to recover damages for trespass upon plaintiff’s lands by the defendant in the construction of its telegraph line over the same. The defendant plead in defense a written and verbal permission by plaintiff to enter and construct. The actipn resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendant constructed its line through plaintiff’s yard over the piazza of her house. In her deposition, taken for use at the trial, plaintiff testified that she did not consent for the line to be constructed…
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- Groce v. Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
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