Lawton v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., Hampton, Fall Term, 1905 Action by W. H. Lawton against Seaboard Air Line Ry. Defendant appeals from judgment for plaintiff. The former cite: Code of Proe., 112; 24 Ency., 788; 47 S. C., 487; 67 S. C., 194; 71 S. C., 158.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.-
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been' sustained by the plaintiff through the defendant’s negligent construction of an embankment across a' water course, in consequence of which the plaintiff’s lands were injured. The complaint alleges, that on or about the day of May, 1897, the South Bound Railroad Co. negligently constructed an embankment on its right of way, over and across Meeting House Branch — a natural water course running through plaintiff’s land, having a well defined channel, with bed, sides and bank. That in…
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