Proctor v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before BenET, J., Greenwood, November, 1900. Action by John M. Proctor against Southern Railway Co. on the following complaint: “John M. Proctor, the plaintiff above named, by Graydon & Giles, his attorneys, complaining of the Southern Railway Company, the defendant aforesaid, alleges : “I. Phat the said defendant, th'e Southern Railway Company, is a corporation, duly chartered under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Virginia, and owns and operates a certain railroad…
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Before BenET, J., Greenwood, November, 1900. Action by John M. Proctor against Southern Railway Co. on the following complaint: “John M. Proctor, the plaintiff above named, by Graydon & Giles, his attorneys, complaining of the Southern Railway Company, the defendant aforesaid, alleges : “I. Phat the said defendant, th'e Southern Railway Company, is a corporation, duly chartered under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Virginia, and owns and operates a certain railroad between the cities of Greenville and Columbia, in this State, known as the 'Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of the alleged wilful, wanton and reckless conduct of the servants and agents of the defendant company. The allegations of the complaint, which should be fully set out by the Reporter in his report of the case, may be stated briefly as follows: that on the 13th day of September, 1899, the plaintiff while driving his wagon, drawn by two mules, along the public road, Which ran very near the railroad track of the defendant company,…
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