Lamb v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DantzlEr, J., Edgefield, April, 1909. Action by T. E. Lamb, administrator of the estate of James J. Chapman, against Southern Railway Company and G. T. Brewer. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
May 19, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The steel bridge of the Southern Railway Company, crossing the Savannah River from Hamburg, South Carolina, to Augusta, Georgia, was built and is maintained solely for railroad purposes. About two hundred yards from this bridge there is a bridge maintained for the use of the public. James J. Chapman, on the 31st of March, 1908, undertook to walk across the railroad bridge and was killed, either by being knocked off the bridge by one of the defendant's engines, or by falling into the river in the effort to get out of the way of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Matthews v. Seaboard Air Line RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Jones v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Smalley v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Bamberg v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Goodwin v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
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- Watts v. Bell Oil Co. of Ocean Drive, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1976
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