Campbell v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Greenville, June term, 1912. Action by S. J. Campbell against Southern Railway Company. Defendant appeals.
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Before Prince, J., Greenville, June term, 1912. Action by S. J. Campbell against Southern Railway Company. Defendant appeals. So much of the complaint and answer as are admitted in the agreed statement of facts is: 1. “The defendant, Southern Railway Company, is a corporation organized by and under the laws of the State of Virginia, and operates a line of railway through Greenville county, South Carolina. 2. “On the 20th day of November, 1910, the plaintiff, being the owner and possessor of a thousand mile coupon book issued by defendant and commonly known and hereinafter referred to as…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts
This action was. commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Greenville county in April, 1911, for $1,900 damages, on account of the alleged illegal, wilful and wanton act of the defendant in confiscating the plaintiff s mileagebook and refusing to return either mileage, exchange ticket or cash paid near Greenville, South Carolina, on November 24, 1910. The case was tried before Judge Prince, in June, 1912; upon an agreed state of facts, contained in the stipulation signed by counsel; a jury trial having been waived. This agreement…
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