Stallings v. Southern Ry.

Supreme Court of South Carolina
Stallings v. Southern Ry., 75 S.E. 449 (S.C. 1912)
92 S.C. 290; 1912 S.C. LEXIS 136
Watts, Woods

Stallings v. Southern Ry.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

The plaintiff recovered a judgment in a magistrate’s court for seventy-five cents overcharge of freight on washstands shipped from Savannah, Georgia, to Spartanburg, South Carolina, and fifty dollars, the penalty for such overcharge. On appeal the judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court. The plaintiff admitted in his testimony that he paid the freight without objection. This admission was fatal for since the case was heard in the Circuit Court it has been decided in Hardaway v. Southern Ry. Co., 90 S. C. 475, that there can be no recovery for such overchange voluntarily paid. This conclusion renders unnecessary the other questions made by the appeal.

Reversed.

Mr. Justice Watts disqualified.

Reference

Full Case Name
Stallings v. Southern Railway
Cited By
1 case
Status
Published
Syllabus
Carrier — Freight—Penalty—Payment.—There can be no recovery of overcharge for freight and penalty therefor where the amount charged was paid voluntarily.