Carter v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Eishburne.

This appeal brings up for review an accident which occurred on December 15, 1937, at a railroad crossing in Timmonsville, South Carolina, in which plaintiff’s decedent, David H. Carter, was killed. The specifications of negligence, willfulness, wantonness and recklessness which were submitted to the jury charge: (a) Operation of train at a high, dangerous and excessive rate of speed; (b) failure to give the statutory crossing signals; (c) failure to keep a proper lookout; (d) failure to stop the train after the defendant Barrett…