Johnson v. Charleston & Savannah Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Charleston, December, 1897. Action by Willis Johnson against Charleston and Savannah Railway Co. From judgment overruling demurrer to defendant’s second affirmative defense, the plaintiff appeals. cites: The contract is null and void as against public policy: 20 S. C., 438; 17 Wall., 337; 32 N. Y., 337; 2 Rich., 286; 8 Fed. R., 782; 8 N. E. R., 467; 11 S. E. R., 829; 8 S. R., 776; 1 Kan., 226; Con. 1895, art. IX., sec. 15; 29 Kan., 169; 58 Am.
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Before Watts, J., Charleston, December, 1897. Action by Willis Johnson against Charleston and Savannah Railway Co. From judgment overruling demurrer to defendant’s second affirmative defense, the plaintiff appeals. cites: The contract is null and void as against public policy: 20 S. C., 438; 17 Wall., 337; 32 N. Y., 337; 2 Rich., 286; 8 Fed. R., 782; 8 N. E. R., 467; 11 S. E. R., 829; 8 S. R., 776; 1 Kan., 226; Con. 1895, art. IX., sec. 15; 29 Kan., 169; 58 Am. R., 833; 43 Ark., 460. A void contract is incapable of ratification: 137 Ind., 655; 11 Wheat, 258; 114 Ind., 115; 65 Fed. R., 3°7-…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Me. Justice Pope.
This action for damages came on for trial before his Honor, Judge R. C. Watts. The hearing was confined to an oral demurrer to the second affirmative defense set up in the answer, which demurrer was overruled, and from the order of Judge Watts overruling the *154same, an appeal is now presented to this Court. It will be proper, therefore, to reproduce the pleadings, to the end that our ruling may be properly understood.
The complaint of Willis Johnson against the Charleston and Savannah Railway Company, defendant herein, respectfully…
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