Drennan v. Southern Railway
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J., York, November term, 1911. Action by Lida E. Drennan, administratrix of Leonard B. Drennan, against Southern Railway—Carolina Division—and Southern Railway Company.
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Before Watts, J., York, November term, 1911. Action by Lida E. Drennan, administratrix of Leonard B. Drennan, against Southern Railway—Carolina Division—and Southern Railway Company. Defendants appeal on the following exceptions: 1. “Because his Honor erred in allowing John T. Roddey, one of plaintiff’s witnesses-, to- testify, over the objection of defendants, as to certain negotiations that took place between the town council of Rock Hill and Southern Railway Company before the injuries to plaintiff’s intestate, and as to'the putting in of an alarm system at certain crossings in said city…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
The following appears in the record:
“The above action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for York county, S. C., by Reonard B. Drennan, plaintiff’s intestate, by the service of a summons and complaint on the defendants., on the 6th day of October, 1910. The action was brought by said plaintiff, to recover the sum of $25,000 damages, actual and punitive, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by said plaintiff, at Wilson street crossing, in the city of Rock Hill, on July 12, 1910, through the alleged…
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