Christian v. Augusta & Aiken Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage J. Aiken October 1909. Action by W. H. Christian against Augusta and Aiken Ry. Co. in Court of Magistrate E. J. Craig. From circuit order sustaining judgment of magistrate, defendant appeals. cite: Plaintiff could have avoided'consequences by ordinary care: 15 Cen. Dig. 1775, o. q. v., 12 S. E. 1061; 1 Thomp. on Neg. 215, 217, 262; 66 S. E. 964. No evidence of zuilfulness: 60 S. C. 67; 1 Thomp.
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Before Gage J. Aiken October 1909. Action by W. H. Christian against Augusta and Aiken Ry. Co. in Court of Magistrate E. J. Craig. From circuit order sustaining judgment of magistrate, defendant appeals. cite: Plaintiff could have avoided'consequences by ordinary care: 15 Cen. Dig. 1775, o. q. v., 12 S. E. 1061; 1 Thomp. on Neg. 215, 217, 262; 66 S. E. 964. No evidence of zuilfulness: 60 S. C. 67; 1 Thomp. Neg. 265; 79 S. C. 209. No actual damages on which to base punitive: 6 Thomp. Neg. sec. 7172; 65 S. C. 1; 60 S. C. 67; 77 S. C. 60. cite: Plaintiff not required to act: 35 S. C. 483; 38 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff recovered a judgment of one hundred dollars in a magistrate’s court for alleged injuries resulting to him from the alleged negligent, wilful and wanton failure and refusal of the defendant to stop its electric passenger car in response to his signals at its regular stopping place at Langley, one of the stations on its trolley line from Augusta, Georgia, to Aiken, South Carolina, and for defendant’s alleged negligent, wilful and wanton failure and refusal to run the car back to' the station to take him on there, after…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Trapp v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Ussery v. Augusta-Aiken Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Payne v. Atlantic Greyhound Bus LinesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936