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INMAN v. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY CO.

No. 86.

129 U.S. 128 (1889)

9 S.Ct. 249

32 L.Ed. 612

INMAN, v. SOUTH CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. Black for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. William Allen Butler and Mr. Theodore G. Barker for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, a corporation of South Carolina, received the cotton in question for safe carriage from the point of connection with the Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company to Charleston, S.C., and delivery to the steamship company at that port. The loss occurred by fire, in Charleston, before...

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