Legal Opinion
Williams v. Ford
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 20, 1958No. 17455PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Legge, Justice.
Action for alleged wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate who, walking on a highway about 1:30 a. m. on February 11, 1955, was struck and killed by a truck. The defendants Carl J. Ford, Connie Mack Ford and A. J. Ford, copartners trading as Ford Produce Company, with their principal office at Raleigh, North Carolina, were the owners of the truck. The defendant G. F. Dowd, their employee, was driving it, en route from Sanford, Florida, to Raleigh.
Defendants’ motion, at the close of all of the evidence, for direction of verdict, was denied, and the case was submitted to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leek v. New South Express LinesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Esso Standard Oil Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
- City of Summerville v. SellersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
- Wright v. South Carolina Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1944
- Critzer v. KerlinSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1957
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Alan & Alan, Inc. v. Gulfstream Car Wash, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Charlie L. Dean, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of L. T. McGee v. Edmund v. ColeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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