Case Name: DUNCAN v. SOUTHERN RY.
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1903-07-29
Citations: 67 S.C. 256
Docket Number: 
Parties: DUNCAN v. SOUTHERN RY.
Judges: Mr. Ci-iiee Justice Pope and Circuit Judges James Aedrich, Ernest Gary, J. C. Keugi-i, Chas. G. DantzeER and R. O. Purdy, concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 67
Pages: 256–262

Head Matter:
DUNCAN v. SOUTHERN RY.
Ruled by case of Fulmer v. Southern Railway post.
Before BENET, J., Barnwell, January; 1902.
Reversed.
Action by J. T. Duncan against Southern Railway Co. Rrom judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Argued before Court en banc January 27, 1903.
Messrs. Davis & Best and Jno. S. Reynolds, for appellant,
cite: Cha/rge of “excess fare” was unlawful: 61 S. C., 212; 13 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cas., 31, 37. Reasonableness of carrier’s rule is a question of law: 26 S. C., 91; 2 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cas. (N. C.), 1; 17 Ibid., 650; 158 Pa. St, 302; 81 Mich., 361; 31 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cas., 129; 25 S. C., 216; 29 S. C., 311; 12 S. C., 102.
Messrs. B. L. Abney, Joseph W. Barnwell and Robert Aldrich, contra,
cite: As to passenger rates in this State: 18 Stat., 10; 91 111., 256; 18 S. C., 38; 18 Stat., 180, 759; 21 Stat., 8; 22 Stat., 116, 457. As to repeals by implication: 13 S. C., 394; 14 S. C., 166; 39 S. C., 5; Suth. on Stat. Con., sec. 147; Sedg. on Con. of Stats., 2 ed., 106. As to rebate checks-: 26 S. C., 91; 62 S. C., 1; 131 Pa. St., 422.
July 29, 1903.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This case is controlled by the case of Samuel C. Fulmer v. Southern Ry. Co., in which the opinion has just been filed.
It is the judgment of this Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed, and the case remanded to that Court for a new trial.
Mr. Ci-iiee Justice Pope and Circuit Judges James Aedrich, Ernest Gary, J. C. Keugi-i, Chas. G. DantzeER and R. O. Purdy, concur.
Messrs. Justices Jones and Woods, and Circuit Judges D. A. Townsend and Geo. W. Gage, d-issent, and concur in dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice JonES: