Haltiwanger v. Columbia, Newberry & Laurens R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Befor Aldrich, J., Lexington, September, 1899. Action by Elizabeth Haltiwanger against Columbia, New-berry and Laurens R. R. Co. The charge is as follows: “Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury: The plaintiff by her-complaint, which has been read in your presence, seeks tojfeGgjver, for the reason therein stated, the sum of $7,000 damages from the defendant railroad company. I need not read over this complaint to you again.
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Befor Aldrich, J., Lexington, September, 1899. Action by Elizabeth Haltiwanger against Columbia, New-berry and Laurens R. R. Co. The charge is as follows: “Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury: The plaintiff by her-complaint, which has been read in your presence, seeks tojfeGgjver, for the reason therein stated, the sum of $7,000 damages from the defendant railroad company. I need not read over this complaint to you again. The defendant in its answer denies, first, that the plaintiff is administratrix, as alleged; and, second, denies each and every allegation in the complaint. The defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The plaintiff, who is the administratrix of her deceased husband, John H. Haltiwanger, brought this action for damages against the Columbia, Newberry and Taurens Railroad Company, to recover damages occasioned by the killing of her said intestate by the alleged negligence of the defendant company. The undisputed facts are that said intestate, while walking along the track of defendant’s railroad, at a point which was neither a railroad crossing nor a “traveled place,” was struck by an engine drawing a passenger train of…
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