Bunch v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Spartanburg, May term, 1911. Action by Mrs. M. T. Bunch, and her husband, George A. Bunch, against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company. Defendant appeals. cites: As to cross-examination: 2 Wig. 1367; 1 Rich. 127; 16 S. C. 550; 25 S. C. 322; 43 S. C. 98; 53 S. C. 249. Issue on which there is no evidence should not be sent to the jury: 29 S. C. 152; 35 S. C. 381; 5 Rich. 17; 9 Rich. 89; 62 S. C. 136; 112 Am.
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Before Watts, J., Spartanburg, May term, 1911. Action by Mrs. M. T. Bunch, and her husband, George A. Bunch, against Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company. Defendant appeals. cites: As to cross-examination: 2 Wig. 1367; 1 Rich. 127; 16 S. C. 550; 25 S. C. 322; 43 S. C. 98; 53 S. C. 249. Issue on which there is no evidence should not be sent to the jury: 29 S. C. 152; 35 S. C. 381; 5 Rich. 17; 9 Rich. 89; 62 S. C. 136; 112 Am. St. R. 938.» Remarks of counsel play an important partin a trial: 93 N. E. 310; 86 S. C. 370; 63 S. C. 312. cites: Cross-examination is under control of trial…
1Opinion of the Court
March 26, 1912. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an action for damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff, Mrs. Bunch, purchased a ticket and paid for the same, from Augusta, Georgia, to Clark's Hill, South Carolina. Plaintiff entered the car as a passenger and took her seat. She wanted the window raised and says that the porter raised it for her. Very soon after the train started, the sash came down and caught her arm. The plaintiff claims that her arm is seriously injured, and that she has lost the use of the arm, and claims five thousand dollars damages.
The defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. SummerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- State v. ClyburnSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1882
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