Madden v. Port Royal &c. Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice McIyer.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the Circuit Judge erred in overruling the demurrer based upon the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Looking into the complaint for the purpose of determining this question, we find that the plaintiff was a passenger on defendant’s train and that her destination was High Point, in the County of Laurens, South Carolina, where she alleges she received injuries in getting off the train, by reason of defendant’s negligence,…