Bradley v. Northwestern R. Co.
Decision Date | 10 July 1907 |
Parties | BRADLEY v. NORTHWESTERN R. CO. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Sumter County; Hydrick Judge.
Action by T. M. Bradley against the Northwestern Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff before a magistrate was affirmed in the circuit court, and defendant appeals. Affirmed.
Lee & Moise, for appellant. Jennings & Manning, for respondent.
This action was commenced before a magistrate to recover $3, the value of a box of snuff lost in transportation, and a penalty of $50 for defendant's failure to adjust and pay said claim. The facts out of which the controversy arose were as follows: The plaintiff purchased 14 boxes of snuff from a party in New Jersey, who delivered it to the Pennsylvania Railroad System to be transported to Borden, S. C., a station on defendant's line of road, and received from said system the following bill of lading: Thirteen of said boxes were delivered to the plaintiff by the defendant, but the other box has not been delivered. The magistrate rendered judgment for the amount claimed, whereupon the defendant appealed to the circuit court.
His honor Judge Hydrick made the following order: ...
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