Jones v. Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before SeasE, J., Edgefield, October, 1915. Action by E. Pendleton Jones, Jr., against the Southern Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and the company appeals. cite: As to liability for injury to domestic animals: 22.S. E. 133; 51 Am. St Rep. 62; 26 S. E. 114; 38 L. R. A. 156; 1 Ann.
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Before SeasE, J., Edgefield, October, 1915. Action by E. Pendleton Jones, Jr., against the Southern Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and the company appeals. cite: As to liability for injury to domestic animals: 22.S. E. 133; 51 Am. St Rep. 62; 26 S. E. 114; 38 L. R. A. 156; 1 Ann. Cas. 204 and 205; 1 R. C. E. 1089, 1092. Agency: 32 S. W. 518, 519; 74 S. C. 221; 72 S. C. 125; 168 S. W. 905; 98 Atl. 430 ; 88 Conn. 670; 93 Atl. 586. Verdict against master and in favor of-servant: 56 S. C. 332-338; 65 S. C. 341, 344; 1 Mills 333; 69 S. C. 1; 30 L. R. A., (N. S.) 404; 9 E. R.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
1 Plaintiff sued the railroad company and three of its agents and servants, Shealey, Parks and Gilliard, for damages caused him by the bite of a cat which was allowed to be on the company’s premises while he was there attending to business with the company. He alleged that the cat was known by defendants to be vicious, having previously bitten others; also, that it had rabies, when it bit him, and, in consequence, he suffered the administration of Pasteur’s treatment for the prevention of hydrophobia. The Court directed a verdict in…
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