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Moore v. Southern Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided January 27, 1931No. 13059PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice C. T. Graydon.

This was an action by R. R. Moore as administrator of the estate of Edwin A. Wagnon, deceased, against the Southern Railway Company for the alleged wrongful death of Edwin A. Wagnon. The case was tried at the September term of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County in 1928, before his Honor, Special Judge Charles Carroll 'Simms, and a jury, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $12,000.00.

From the testimony, it appears that Edwin A. Wagnon was a locomotive engineer in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. StapletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1930

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Horne v. Southern Railway CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
  2. Dodenhoff v. Nilson Motor Express LinesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  3. Town of Estill v. ClarkeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
  4. Shockley v. Cox Circus Co., Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1944
  5. Southern Ry. Co. v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1931

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