Lyon v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before MemmingEr, J., Greenwood', Action by A. B. Lyon against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway. Charge of presiding Judge is : “Gentlemen of the Jury: I have now, gentlemen, to submit this case to you for your decision upon the facts. It has occupied two days of the time of the Court, and is going on now into the third day.
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Before MemmingEr, J., Greenwood', Action by A. B. Lyon against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway. Charge of presiding Judge is : “Gentlemen of the Jury: I have now, gentlemen, to submit this case to you for your decision upon the facts. It has occupied two days of the time of the Court, and is going on now into the third day. The investigation has been thorough and exhaustive, and, I am glad to say, conducted with that spirit of fairness and good temper which characterizes the members of this bar and the distinguished lawyer from Spartanburg, who participated in the trial. “Now, I…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
This action for personal injuries received by the plaintiff, while in the service of the defendant as flagman, rests on the allegation that because of the negligence of the defendant, he was thrown from a flat car attached to a moving freight train, and was run over by a cattle car which he had just uncoupled in obedience to an order of the conductor.
On the first trial of the cause the plaintiff recovered judgment, but on appeal this Court held that the Circuit Court should have granted a nonsuit, because the evidence, adduced on the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Carson v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Hall v. Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Taylor v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Green v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Cooper v. Georgia, Carolina & Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jenney Electric Manufacturing Co. v. FlanneryIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
- Holmes v. Davis, Dir. Gen.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
- McBrayer v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Hunter v. D. W. Alderman & Sons Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Holmes v. Davis, Dir. Gen.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
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