Hunter v. Columbia &c. R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Laurens, Fébruary, 1893. Action by Henry M. Hunter against the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company, commenced January 6, 1892. The complaint was as follows: The complaint of the above named plaintiff respectfully shows to the court: (1) That the defendant is, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a corporation duly chartered under the laws of the State, and, as such, had constructed and was operating a line of railroad from Columbia,…
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Before Norton, J., Laurens, Fébruary, 1893. Action by Henry M. Hunter against the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company, commenced January 6, 1892. The complaint was as follows: The complaint of the above named plaintiff respectfully shows to the court: (1) That the defendant is, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a corporation duly chartered under the laws of the State, and, as such, had constructed and was operating a line of railroad from Columbia, South Carolina, to Clinton, in the County of Laurens, and same State. (2) Tnat the said defendant, before the construction…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIyer.
The original plaintiff, Henry M. Hunter, brought this action to recover damages for the destruction by fire of his gin house and its contents, and he having died since the hearing below, the action has, by the order of this court, been continued in the name of the present plaintiffs as his administrators.
*881 The complaint was not incorporated in the “Case” as prepared for argument here, but was embraced in the “Return” on file in this court; and as it has been frequently held that any paper embraced in the record constituting the…
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