Crosby v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memmingfr, J., Hampton, November, 1907. Action by Addie Crosby and H. S. Crosby against Seaboard Air Bine Railway. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Messrs. Lyles & McMahan cite: The common law should, not be applied to a case of tort arising in State of Florida: 66 S. C., 96; 6 Ency., 283, 284; 39 L. R. A., 835; 26 S. C., 415; Watson on Per. Inj., sec. 554; 8 Cyc., 386, 387; 32 Pa.
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Before Memmingfr, J., Hampton, November, 1907. Action by Addie Crosby and H. S. Crosby against Seaboard Air Bine Railway. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Messrs. Lyles & McMahan cite: The common law should, not be applied to a case of tort arising in State of Florida: 66 S. C., 96; 6 Ency., 283, 284; 39 L. R. A., 835; 26 S. C., 415; Watson on Per. Inj., sec. 554; 8 Cyc., 386, 387; 32 Pa. St., 367; 27 S. C., 463; 68 S. C., 240; 20 N. Y. Supp., 406; 16 Cyc., 1084; 15 Cal., 252; 72 Mo., 522; 20 Mo. App., 389; 70 Mo., 625; 44 N. Y., 298; 5 N. Y., 447; 82 N. Y., 41; 14 Ark., 603;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, Addie Crosby, on July 6, 1904, as a passenger on defendant’s train, while alighting from the moving train at Midway, Florida, in obedience to the “wilful, unlawful and reckless” direction of the conductor.
The jury rendered a verdict in her favor for ten thousand dollars. The Circuit Court granted a new trial unless the sum of five thousand dollars be remitted therefrom. The plaintiffs remitted accordingly, and judgment was…
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