Driggers v. Atlantic Coast Line R.

(dissenting) : I think that the motion of the defendants for a directed verdict should have been granted; and; at the least, that serious errors in the charge of the presiding Judge required the reversal of the judgment, and the ordering of a new trial. I therefore respectfully dissent from the affirmance of the judgment indicated in the opinion of the Chief Justice, for the reasons which follow.

The action is by the administratrix of William A. Driggers, deceased, for damages resulting from the wrongful death of the intestate, a brakeman employed upon a switching train by the defendant…