Legal Opinion
Peagler v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 12, 1959No. 17503PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Moss, Justice.
The respondent, Hester Peagler, brought this action against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company,' and Kenneth Norton, Jr. and Murray M. Norris, the conductor and engineer respectively, appellants, for personal injuries* received at about 6:00 o’clock p. m. on November 19, 1955,. when a Chevrolet automobile driven by him collided with the side of an empty black pulpwood flatcar that was standing on and blocking a railroad crossing over O’Hear Avenue in North Charleston, South Carolina.
The respondent alleged that his personal injuries were proximately caused and occasioned by…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SlavskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- State v. GregorySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
- Robison v. Atl. Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
- Field v. GREGORYSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956
- Bowers v. Charleston & W. C. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Joseph E. Thomas v. Ruth A. Martin HoganCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
- Kershaw County Board of Education v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1990
- Bruno v. Pendleton Realty Co., Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- Jones v. SATTERFIELD DEVELOPMENT COMPANYCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1972
- Johnson Ex Rel. Herrington v. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
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