Jernigan v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
■ Before Mauldin, J., Orangeburg, Fáll term, 1914. Action by Sophia F. Jernigan, administratrix of the estate of W. P. Jernigan, deceased, against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, H. B. Strickland and J. A. Henry.
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■ Before Mauldin, J., Orangeburg, Fáll term, 1914. Action by Sophia F. Jernigan, administratrix of the estate of W. P. Jernigan, deceased, against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, H. B. Strickland and J. A. Henry. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appealed on the following exceptions: 1. That his Honor erred, it is respectfully submitted, in allowing the plaintiff’s counsel, over the objection of the defendants’ counsel, to introduce evidence to show that it was the custom for this particular train to be backed out of the siding at Copes, S. C., and stopped a second time at the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice; Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained through the negligence and recklessness of the defendant, in causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate.
The allegations of the complaint material to the questions under consideration are substantially as follows:'
That on the 14th of February, 1913, while the local freight train of the defendant was standing upon the sidetrack at Cope, some distance south of the ticket office at said station, plaintiff’s intestate went into the passenger coach which the said local…
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