Dutton v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Rice, J., Sumter, November, 1914. Action by Ella Dutton, as administratrix of the estate of Lee Dutton, deceased, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and others.
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Before Rice, J., Sumter, November, 1914. Action by Ella Dutton, as administratrix of the estate of Lee Dutton, deceased, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and others. The following are the exceptions referred to in the opinion: 1. His Honor erred, it is submitted, in admitting, over the objection of defendant-appellant,-testimony of plaintiff as to the financial condition of her intestate at the time of his death aside from the income derived from the application of his time and'labor, because only the loss directly caused through the death of intestate could form a basis of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained, through the wrongful acts of the defendants, in causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate, who was an employee of the defendant company, and was engaged in the work of car inspector in the yard of the company at Sumter, S. C., when he was killed. The issues raised by the pleadings are thus succinctly stated by appellant’s attorneys :
“On or about the 13th day of October, 1913, the said employee, while inspecting cars of an interstate train, went between two of said…
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