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· 7/20/1896

Woodward v. So. Ca. & Ga. R. R.

Citations

  • 47 S.C. 233
  • 25 S.E. 146
  • 1896 S.C. LEXIS 119

Syllabus

<p>Raieroads — Highway—Damages—21 St., 495 — Barnweee County — • Triae Justice Court. — The act relating to the roads and highways of Barnwell County, 21 Stat., 954, does not provide for a suit in the common pleas court, for damages, to a person, arising from the obstruction of a highway or street by the cars of a railroad, but the only remedy given thereby for obstructing a highway, &c., is by indictment in the Court of General Sessions, or by civil suit in the trial justice court.</p>

Judges: Barnwell, Buchanan, Pope

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