Ragsdale v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Fairfield, March, 1904. Action in magistrate court by Jmo. K. Ragsdale against Southern Railway Co. From Circuit order affirming judgment of magistrate court, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The magistrate rendered judgment in this case for $75.78, the value of 10,105 pounds of cotton seed, the alleged shortage on a carload of 44,555 pounds received by defendant railroad company at Blair’s for shipment to Columbia. On appeal, the Circuit Court affirmed the judgment of the magistrate.
1 The judgment must be reversed, because there was no competent evidence offered to prove the shortage. The plaintiff, after testifying he had put in the car 44,555 pounds of seed, was allowed to introduce letters from1 the manager of the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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