Legal Opinion
Breeden v. Atlantic Coast Line R.
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided November 2, 1949No. Civ. A. No. 2335PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WARING, Chief Judge.
This is a suit based upon claim for alleged wrongful death brought under Lord Campbell’s Act. The plaintiff administrator is a resident and citizen of the State of Virginia and the defendant railroad company is chartered by that same state. The complaint alleges that plaintiff’s intestate, Carlisle Adams, was struck and killed by a *965train operated by the defendant corporation. The case was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Marlboro County, South Carolina, and by appropriate proceedings was removed from that court to this. The amount in controversy is in excess of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- In Re Estate of MayoSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Rice v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Martineau v. City of St. PaulCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- Harrison v. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Mason v. HelmsDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1951