Jenkins v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wirson, J., Sumter, Rive cases. R. M. Jenkins against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co., in court of Magistrate Wells, of Sumter county.
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Before Wirson, J., Sumter, Rive cases. R. M. Jenkins against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co., in court of Magistrate Wells, of Sumter county. These cases were first heard on appeal from Circuit Court in this Court, during the April term, 1909, and on November 13th an order was filed providing for argument of question of jurisdiction in Court en banc on November 27. cite:: The causes of action arose in Lee county: 81 S. C., 387; Code of Proc., 145; 16 S. C., 276; 25 S. C., 385; 28 S. C., 313; 53 S. C., 198; 70 S. C., 288; 74 S. C., 69, 438; 80 S. C., 484. The jurisdiction of the place is of the…
1Dissent
Mr. Cpiiee Justice Jones,
dissenting. An action was brought before a magistrate in Sumter county to recover $52.50, the value of fourteen barrels of flour alleged to have been lost while in defendant’s possession, and joined therewith was an action for $50.00 penalty for not adjusting the claim as required by statute. The magistrate gave judgment for the amount claimed in both causes of action, and the Circuit Court affirmed the judgment.
2 On the hearing before this Court, appellant for the first time raised the question that the magistrate had no jurisdiction of the action for the penalty.…
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