Fonville v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Ernest Gary, J., Greenville, November term, 1910. Action by Georgie E. Fonville, as administratrix of Wm. J. Fonville, against the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Fine Railway Company and Southern Railway Company. Defendants appeal. cite: As to the admission of the confessions, conviction and sentence of Agnew: 4 Rich. L. 146; 1 Wig.
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Before Ernest Gary, J., Greenville, November term, 1910. Action by Georgie E. Fonville, as administratrix of Wm. J. Fonville, against the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Fine Railway Company and Southern Railway Company. Defendants appeal. cite: As to the admission of the confessions, conviction and sentence of Agnew: 4 Rich. L. 146; 1 Wig. Ev., sec. 142; 6 Ency. 65; 16 Ency. 246. As to admission of evidence as to necessity of distance signal light: 89 S. C. 384; 76 S. C. 560; 82 S. C. 347; 84 S. C. 60. Province of the Court on the issue of proximate cause: 21 Ency. 509 ; 2 LaBat., sec. 805; 38 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
December 16, 1912. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Wm. J. Fonville. The cause and circumstances of his death are set forth in the complaint as follows:
5. "That plaintiff's intestate was on the 24th day of September, 1908, and had been for some years, an engineer in the employment of the defendant, Southern Railway Company, and on said date was operating an engine drawing train No. 41, a regular passenger train, on defendant's main line from Charlotte, N.C., to Seneca, S.C.
6. "That on said main line, at a…
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