Hall v. Southern Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Carter.

This action, commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Eexington, May 2, 1929, by Melvin J. Hall, as plaintiff, against the defendants, Southern Railway Company and W. H. Atwell, is for the recovery of damages in the sum of $50,000.00 for personal injuries alleged to have been 'sustained by plaintiff August 13, 1928, in the City of Columbia, S. C, while a passenger on a passenger train of the defendant, Southern Railway Company, operated from the City of Augusta, Ga, to the said City of Columbia, and in charge of the…