Legal Opinion · Dissent

Veronee v. Charleston Consol. Ry. & Lighting Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided August 13, 1929No. 12718Published

1DissentJustice Cothran

(dissenting) : While I agree in the main with the disposition by Mr. Justice Graydon of the various exceptions in this case, I do not deem it necessary to' discuss any other point in the appeal than the tenth exception. I think that the defendant was clearly entitled to a charge of his second request, as it was presented, and that its modification was reversible error.

The request was this: “I charge you that the plaintiff cannot stupidly, recklessly, or even carelessly obey an order ■of a superior, requiring him to do an obviously dangerous act, and if plaintiff knows, or as a reasonably…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Jarrell v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
  2. Stephens v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
  3. Bamberg v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  4. Lyon v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
  5. Dover v. Lockhart MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910

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