CHARLESTON & CAR. R.R. v. VARNVILLE CO.

No. 273.

237 U.S. 597 (1915)

CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY v. VARNVILLE FURNITURE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.B. Grier for plaintiff in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for $14.75, damage to furniture in transit from High Point, North Carolina, to Varnville, South Carolina, $4.60 overcharge, and $50 penalty under a South Carolina statute, Civil Code, 1912, § 2573, for a failure to pay the claims within forty days. The defendant contended that the law imposing the penalty...

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