Gleaton v. Southern Ry. Co.

StukES, J.:

This action arose from the crossing accident involved in Gleaton v. Southern Ry. Co. et al., 208 S. C. 507, 38 S. E. (2d) 710, which occurred December 20, 1944. That suit was for damages for wrongful death, under Lord-Campbell’s Act, Secs. 411 and 412 of the Code of 1942, and verdict and judgment for plaintiff were affirmed on appeal. Afterward there was tried in the Court of Common Pleas an action by the executor of the estate of the deceased under the survival statute, Sec.. 419 of the Code, which resulted in verdict and judgment for the defendants, who were the railway company…