Strauss v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Copes, J., Orangeburg, June, 1912. Action -by M. A. Strauss against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and' Thomas E. White. Defendants appeal on the following exceptions: I. “His Honor erred, it is respectfully submitted, in allowing the following testimony to- be given by the plaintiff: “ Tf that ground had been in a reasonably safe condition where you got off what would have been the result, what would have happened? Air.
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Before Copes, J., Orangeburg, June, 1912. Action -by M. A. Strauss against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and' Thomas E. White. Defendants appeal on the following exceptions: I. “His Honor erred, it is respectfully submitted, in allowing the following testimony to- be given by the plaintiff: “ Tf that ground had been in a reasonably safe condition where you got off what would have been the result, what would have happened? Air. Aioss: “ ‘We object, that is a question of opinion. The Court: “ ‘He can state the facts, and his opinion of the facts. “ Tf that place had been in- a reasonably…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, through the wrongful acts of the defendants.
The complaint alleges, that the plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant railroad company as a conductor, and while in charge of a freight train on the 6th of May, 1911, at a station called Crestón, stepped on an iron bolt, that had been allowed to remain on the right of way, near the railroad track, which caused him to be thrown to the ground, and under the wheels of said freight train, then moving…
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