Poore v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hon. C. J. Ramage, special Judge, Columbia, Action by H. M. Poore against Southern Express Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. submit: Mere negligent delay did not amount to conversion: Hutch. Carriers (3d ed.), secs. 651, 1372; 7 Rich.
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Before Hon. C. J. Ramage, special Judge, Columbia, Action by H. M. Poore against Southern Express Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. submit: Mere negligent delay did not amount to conversion: Hutch. Carriers (3d ed.), secs. 651, 1372; 7 Rich. E. 190; 79 S. C. 297; 82 S. C. 307; 82 S. C. 375; 91 S. C. 552. cite: 79 S. C. 198; 38 Cyc. 178 and 2025; 10 S. C. E. 592; 17 S. C. E. 546; 60 S. C. 103, 109; 45 S. C. 388; 2l S. C. Eq. 370;' 91 S. C. 552;' 82 S. C. 233. Waiver: 86 S. C. 513; 82 S. C. 307, 375; 72 S. C. 479, 484..
1Opinion of the Court
' The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is an appeal from an order of .Hon. C. J. Ramage, special Circuit Judge, affirming the judgment of magistrate’s Court in favor of plaintiff for $10.95, the value of a pump alleged to have been lost ór destroyed while 'in possession of defendant for carriage and transportation, and for $50, statutory penalty for failure to adjust and .pay said claim within thirty days after filing thereof.
The facts are: Plaintiff, on October 18, 1913, delivered to defendant at Batesburg, S. C., a pump consigned to plaintiff at Columbia, S. C.…
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- McGrath Bros. v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1912
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