Spears v. Spartanburg, Union & Columbia Railroad
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Refore Mackey, J., at Union, October Term, 1877. The seven causes above stated were heard together on Circuit and in this court, and they all involve the same questions. The Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad Company is a common carrier; as such it had received at its two termini the goods for the recovery of the value of which the above-entitled actions were brought.
Read the full summary
Refore Mackey, J., at Union, October Term, 1877. The seven causes above stated were heard together on Circuit and in this court, and they all involve the same questions. The Spartanburg, Union and Columbia Railroad Company is a common carrier; as such it had received at its two termini the goods for the recovery of the value of which the above-entitled actions were brought. The goods in some of the above-stated ■cases were unladen from the cars on the forenoon of Friday, June 1st, 1877, in some on Saturday afternoon, June 2d, and in the others before either of the above-specified dates, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Willard, C. J.
Each of the above-entitled cases rests in. substantially the same state of facts, and involves the same legal questions. Counsel have presented these cases as if precisely the same proceedings were had and the same rulings given in each, and we must so consider them as it regards the questions raised. There are some minor differences in the facts that do not affect the questions raised by the appeals, and will not be noticed.
The facts are simply that the plaintiffs in the various cases shipped goods by the defendant corporation, as a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Fisk v. NewtonCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Ostrander v. Brown & StaffordNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Blumenthal v. BrainerdSupreme Court of Vermont · 1866
- McDonald v. . Western Railroad CorporationNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. ScottIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by1 opinion
- Knight v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1910