Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided December 4, 1907No. 6719PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Before DanTzlrr, J., Colleton, Action by Emily Taylor against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. Erom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Mr. FitzSimons cites : A carrier is not liable for indignities to a passenger by third persons execpt where there is reasonable anticipation of such indignities: 17 A. N. R., 320; 53 Pa., 5Í2; 8 Neg. C., 602; 91 A. D., 224; 34 Conn., 554; 8 Neg.

Read the full summary

Before DanTzlrr, J., Colleton, Action by Emily Taylor against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. Erom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Mr. FitzSimons cites : A carrier is not liable for indignities to a passenger by third persons execpt where there is reasonable anticipation of such indignities: 17 A. N. R., 320; 53 Pa., 5Í2; 8 Neg. C., 602; 91 A. D., 224; 34 Conn., 554; 8 Neg. C., 103, 553, 602; 55 N. Y., 108; 15 N. R., 302; 1 Fet. on Car., sec. 96; 18 A. N. R., 112; 37 At. R., 328; 59 At. R., 285; 74 S. C., 332; 68 S. C., 153; 57 S. C., 332; ‘Hutch-, on Car., sec. 521a; 112 N. Y., 443;…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Jones.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, at Charleston, S. C., on the night of June 13, 1904, boarded defendant’s train from Charleston to Savannah as a passenger for Green Pond, S. C., to visit a sister who was ill and lived a few miles from said station; that the conductor was informed of her anxiety to reach her sister and was requested to notify her of the arrival of the train at Green Pond; that no notice was given her that her station was reached, and that no call of the station was made; that in consequence she was carried by…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lewis v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
  2. Brunswick & Western R. R. v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Johns v. Charlotte, &c., RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1893
  4. Glenn v. Lake Erie & Western RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Holcombe v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Turner v. American Motorists Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
  2. Radcliffe v. Southern Aviation SchoolSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1946
  3. Padgett v. Colonial Wholesale Distributing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
  4. Horne v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
  5. In Re. CrawfordSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1944

32 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API