Grant v. Director General of Railroads
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Rice, J-, Colleton, Spring term, 1919. Action by Edward Grant against the Director General of Railroads, substituted for the Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad Company, and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendánt, Henry Eliott, appeals.
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Before Rice, J-, Colleton, Spring term, 1919. Action by Edward Grant against the Director General of Railroads, substituted for the Atlantic Coast Dine Railroad Company, and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendánt, Henry Eliott, appeals. Mr. Houck submits: It was error to allow the following amendment to the "Case” for appeal: "It is not denied by the attorneys for the defendant that prior to and at the time of the assumption by the government of the control of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, W. Huger FitzSimons, Bsqr., and L. B. Houck zvere serving said railroad…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This action was brought against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and a section foreman, Mr. Hiott, to recover damages for personal injuries.
The plaintiff was a section hand, working on the railroad and riding on a hand car in front of another hand car, on which Mr. Hiott was riding. The allegation of the plaintiff is that the car on which he was riding was old, hard to work, and slow; the car upon which the section foreman was riding was new and moved much faster; that the section foreman, Mr. Hiott, ran his car against the…
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