Ginn v. U. S. Railroad Adm'n
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Bowman, J., Hampton, -, 1919. Action by Mrs. Verdi H. Ginn and her husband, W. R. Ginn against United States Railroad Administration, and Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. cite: Carrier is required only tot maintain two good rooms of reasonable sise with comfortable seats for passengers: Code, vol. I, sec. 3266; Hutch. Carriers (3d Ed.), vol. II, sec. 992; 10 Corp. Jur. 645; 38 Am. St. Rep. 557; 97 Am.
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Before Bowman, J., Hampton, -, 1919. Action by Mrs. Verdi H. Ginn and her husband, W. R. Ginn against United States Railroad Administration, and Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. cite: Carrier is required only tot maintain two good rooms of reasonable sise with comfortable seats for passengers: Code, vol. I, sec. 3266; Hutch. Carriers (3d Ed.), vol. II, sec. 992; 10 Corp. Jur. 645; 38 Am. St. Rep. 557; 97 Am. Dec. 578. And such rooms must be kept open at reasonable hours: Code, vol. I, sec. 3266. In absence of notice carrier not…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is an action to recover damages on account of the alleged negligence and wilful failure of defendant to open its station at Varnville at the proper time before arrival of afternoon train, on Sunday, February 9, 1919, to accommodate the plaintiff, Mrs. Ginn, who was being taken to a hospital at Charleston, she being sick, for treatment, and failure to furnish room and heat after waiting room had been opened; whereby it is alleged plaintiff was exposed to a hailstorm, that made her condition worse, by reason of the waiting room not…
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