Supreme Court of South Carolina August 4, 1908, 6990 (Macon v. Southern Ry.)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

The plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant before a court of magistrate in Cherokee county for $70, as penalty for delayed shipment of freight under the act of 1904, 24 Stat., 671. On appeal to the Circuit Court, Judge Watts reversed the judgment of the magistrate’s court and dismissed the complaint.