Watts v. South Bound R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Barnwell, April, 1900. Action for damages for personal injuries by George W. Watts, jr., against South Bound Railroad Co. From judgment on verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Error to rule out conversation between physicians while examining plaintiff: 57 S. C., 467. Error for Judge to instruct jury that they might give plaintiff punitive damages to punish defendant for wrong done the public: 22 Stat., 693; Code, 2, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19. As to…
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Before Gage, J., Barnwell, April, 1900. Action for damages for personal injuries by George W. Watts, jr., against South Bound Railroad Co. From judgment on verdict for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Error to rule out conversation between physicians while examining plaintiff: 57 S. C., 467. Error for Judge to instruct jury that they might give plaintiff punitive damages to punish defendant for wrong done the public: 22 Stat., 693; Code, 2, 4, 5, 6, 17, 18, 19. As to motion for new trial for separation of jury before verdict: 32 S. C., 403; 51 S. C., 319; 97 Ga., 702; 3 Day, 287; 2 Bail.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice; Jones.
This appeal is from a judgment on verdict against defendant for $7,500, in an action for damages for alleged negligence in leaving open and unguarded a cut across Wayne street, in the city of Columbia, into which the plaintiff alleged he fell and was thereby injured on the 19th of January, 1900, while walking along said street at night in the darkness and without warning of the cut.
2 The first five exceptions relate to rulings on the admission and exclusion of certain testimony, and are as follows: “i. Because, against the objection…
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