Bullock v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J., Abbeville, October, 1908. Action by A. G. Bullock against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company. Prom Circuit order affirming judgment of Magistrate John H. Sanders, defendant appeals. cites: Remedy for delay in transportation: 7 Rich., 390; 5 Ency., 330-1; 5 Rich., 463; 75 S. C., 60; 73 S. C., 339; 38 S. C., 89; 47 S. C., 334; 76 S. C., 338; 81 S. C., 167; 49 S. C., 334. Oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This action was commenced in a magistrate’s court for the recovery of the value of two dozen steel traps, alleged to have been lost while in the possession of the defendant company, and also for the recovery of the statutory penalty of fifty dollars under the act of Pebruary 33, 1903, 34 Stat., 81. The judgment of the magistrate for the full amount and penalty was affirmed by the Circuit Court, overruling defendant’s exceptions. These exceptions are renewed in this Court.
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