Stuckey v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Sumter, October term, 1899. Action by A. Brooks Stuckey, administrator of Sarah P. Dixon, against The Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad Co. of South Carolina. Plaintiff appeals.
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Before Klugh, J., Sumter, October term, 1899. Action by A. Brooks Stuckey, administrator of Sarah P. Dixon, against The Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad Co. of South Carolina. Plaintiff appeals. As to right of this Court to review order granting new trial: 23 S. C., 231; 19 S. C., 580. As to power of Judge to change amount of verdict: 1 McC., 183; 1 Hill, 55; 2 Hill Ch., 12; 56 S. C., 80; 12 U. S. App., 574; 1 U. S. App., 267; 52 D. J. G. B., 479; 2 N. J. R., 24. As to new trial: Rev. Stat., 2245; 3 Hill, 282; Chev. D., 153, 17; 1 Spear., 238; Harp., 57; 2 Bail., 577; 29 S. C., 381. As to power…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The statement of facts which appears in the argument of appellant is as follows: “On October 1st, 1898, Mrs. Sarah P. Dixon, the deceased, entered the *396respondent’s cars at Sumter to go to a station called Bell’s Crossing, in the upper part of Sumter County, and purchased a ticket and paid the usual fare demanded for such transportation. When the train reached Bishopville, a station on said road between Sumter and Bell’s Crossing, the train was divided; the portion to which the engine was attached was run off on to the side track, and…
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