Smoak v. Charleston County

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Action for damages on account of alleged wrongful death of the intestate, Prevost Smoak, who was killed in a collision, at night, between a motorcycle with a sidecar attachment, in which he was riding, and a Ford truck, loaded with wood, which had broken down, and had been left by the owner upon the highway, unlighted and unguarded. Verdict for the plaintiff, $4,000.00, and defendant has appealed.

The facts are as 'follows:

On November 19, 1921, in the forenoon, a Ford truck, loaded with wood, belonging to one Murray, broke down on a…