Pickens v. South Carolina & Georgia R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Aiken, February, 1898. Action by Lucy H. Pickens against South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company. From judgment and verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. As to measure of damages: 51 S. C., 484; 50 Pac. R., 438; 70 Mo., 288; 116 Pa. St., 344; 139 Pa. St., 363; 54 Mich., 55; 19 N. W. R., 747; 25 S. C., 70: Dud., 180; 9 Exch., 341; 53 S. C., 412; 52 S. C., 323; t Strob., 525; 7 Wall., 52; 133 Mass., 15; 85 Pa. St, 293; 113 N. C., 49; 25 Am.
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Before Watts, J., Aiken, February, 1898. Action by Lucy H. Pickens against South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company. From judgment and verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. As to measure of damages: 51 S. C., 484; 50 Pac. R., 438; 70 Mo., 288; 116 Pa. St., 344; 139 Pa. St., 363; 54 Mich., 55; 19 N. W. R., 747; 25 S. C., 70: Dud., 180; 9 Exch., 341; 53 S. C., 412; 52 S. C., 323; t Strob., 525; 7 Wall., 52; 133 Mass., 15; 85 Pa. St, 293; 113 N. C., 49; 25 Am. St. R., 542^52 N. H., 552; 65 Me., 449; 95 U. S., 117; 33 Md., 542; 78 Cal., 517. Charge that certain facts constitute negligence…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The complaint sets forth two causes of action, the first of which is as follows: I. The first paragraph alleges the corporate existence of the defendant. “II. That at the said times, the defendant was operating in connection with its railroad, the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad, the same being a line of railway running from the city of Aiken, in this State, to the town of Edge-field, also in this State, and then owned by the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railway Company, tvhich was also a corporation created by…
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