Sturdyvin v. Atlanta & C. A. L. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Sitipp, J., Greenville, March, 1913. Action by John M. Sturdyvin against the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway Company. From a judgment for complainant, defendant appeals. cite: As to alleged negligence in not providing a handrail and running board on the side of tender: 1 Labatt, M. & S., secs. 35, 13; 78 S. C. 481; 30 Am.
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Before Sitipp, J., Greenville, March, 1913. Action by John M. Sturdyvin against the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway Company. From a judgment for complainant, defendant appeals. cite: As to alleged negligence in not providing a handrail and running board on the side of tender: 1 Labatt, M. & S., secs. 35, 13; 78 S. C. 481; 30 Am. Rep. 661; 136 Mass. 84; 86 S. C. 271; 83 S. C. 224; 71 S. C. 58; 65 S. C. 194; 67 S. C. 136; 38 S. C. 199; 66 S. C. 302; 138 Fed. 6; 140 Fed. 568; 60 S. C. 153; 61 S. C. 488; 72 S. C. 421; 74 S. C. 143, 234; 76 S. C. 286. As to alleged negligence in not warning…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice; Hydricic.
Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant for $5,000 damages for personal injuries sustained while assisting, as a brakeman, in operating a switch engine in defendant’s yard at Greenyille, S. C., by attempting to mount said engine when it was in motion. The engine was provided with two steps, sometimes called running boards, at the front, on each side of the drawhead, and two on the rear of the tender, similarly placed. The steps were about 12 inches wide and three feet long, with backstops about six inches high. They…
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