Price v. Richmond, C., Railroad Company
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Richland, October, 1891. This was an action by Emma W. Price, as administratrix of Philip H. Price, deceased, against the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, commenced August 30, 1888. The action was brought to recover damages for the negligent killing by defendant, of the intestate, who, as a freight conductor on one of the roads operated by defendant, and while engaged in his duties as such, received injuries on February 18, 1887, from which he died…
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Before Aldrich, J., Richland, October, 1891. This was an action by Emma W. Price, as administratrix of Philip H. Price, deceased, against the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, commenced August 30, 1888. The action was brought to recover damages for the negligent killing by defendant, of the intestate, who, as a freight conductor on one of the roads operated by defendant, and while engaged in his duties as such, received injuries on February 18, 1887, from which he died in the November following. Intestate ordered some cars to be thrown into a one-end siding by a flying switch, he taking…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, as administratrix of Philip H. Price, her late husband, to recover compensation in damages for the killing of her husband, the intestate, by the alleged fault of the defendant company, under the provisions of the act of 1859, now incorporated in the General Statutes as sections 2183-2186.
The case has been in this court before. See Price v. RailroadCompany, 33 S. C., 557, where the general facts will be found. It there appears that on February 18, 1887, Philip H. Price, the conductor of a…
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