Legal Opinion

Parker v. South Carolina & Georgia R. R.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided March 1, 1897PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Before Gary, J., Action by J. R. Parker against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company. The defendant submitted the following requests to charge: I. The foundation of this action brought by the plaintiff against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company is an allegation of negligence made by the plaintiff against the defendant, in that it is claimed that the plaintiff, while riding upon the engine of the defendant, as an employee of the railroad, was injured,…

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Before Gary, J., Action by J. R. Parker against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company. The defendant submitted the following requests to charge: I. The foundation of this action brought by the plaintiff against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company is an allegation of negligence made by the plaintiff against the defendant, in that it is claimed that the plaintiff, while riding upon the engine of the defendant, as an employee of the railroad, was injured, because it is claimed the engine was thrown from the track by reason of some defects in the said engine, and by reason…

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The opinion of the Court was delivered b5^

Mr. Chief Justice'McIver.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict, obtained by plaintiff against defendant, in an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, occasioned, as is alleged, by the negligence of defendant, while plaintiff was in the employment of defendant as an engineer running one of the defendant’s locomotives. The exceptions, for the purposes of this appeal, other than the first, are based upon alleged errors of omission and commission in the charge of the Circuit Judge, and, therefore, for a full…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Barksdale v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
  2. Wells v. HolmanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1921
  3. Whisenhunt v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
  4. Fox v. Clifton Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  5. Tuttle v. HanckelSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936

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