Carter v. Southern Railway
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., Fairfield, September term, 1911. Action by Mary J. Carter, administratrix of J. T. Carter, against Southern Railway Company and J. FI. Flerring.
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Before Watts, J., Fairfield, September term, 1911. Action by Mary J. Carter, administratrix of J. T. Carter, against Southern Railway Company and J. FI. Flerring. Defendant, Railway Company, appeals on the following exceptions: 1. “Because his Honor erred in refusing to’ grant the motion' for a nonsuit, and tO' direct a verdict in favor of the defendant upon the first ground, which was ‘that there is no evidence in -the case tending to show any breach of duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff’s intestate, and no evidence of any negligence whatever upon the part of the defendant company…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraiser.
This was an action for punitive and actual damages brought by the plaintiff as administratrix, for the wrongful killing of her husband by the defendants.
The defendant, J. IT. Herring, was the engineer operating the train that killed the deceased. The verdict was against the railway company alone, and was for twelve thousand five hundred dollars. This verdict was reduced to nine thousand dollars by an order of Hon. R. C. Watts and accepted by the plaintiff. Judgment was entered for nine thousand dollars and costs. From this judgment…
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