Parr v. Spartanburg &c. R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before.Gary, J., Fairfield, September, 1893. Action by Henry L. Parr against the Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Bailroad Company.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The plaintiff brought an action against the defendant before Jos. McMeekin, Esq., a trial justice in and for Fairfield County, in June, 1893, for $95, damages for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s mule colt. The defendant denied any liability for the tort, on the grounds that it had leased its railroad to the Bichmond and Danville Bailroad Company, which latter company had, under the order of the United States Circuit Court, been put into the hands of receivers, who were operating such leased road at the time the mule colt was…
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