Spiers v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This action was brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of damages, both actual and punitive, for personal injuries suffered by her when an automobile in which she was riding collided with defendant’s train of cars. The complaint alleges, inter olid:

“That on or about the 29th day of April, 1932, in the night time, the plaintiff was riding in an automobile driven by another on South Carolina highway number seventeen, in approximately a southerly direction; that the tracks of the said defendant cross the said highway at or about a…