Turbyfill v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Spartanburg, Fall term, 1908. Action by I. M. Turbyfill, administrator of Belinda R. Hand, against Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Contributory negligence of plaintiff will defeat a recovery: 72 S. C., 392; 78 S. C., 374; 81 S. C., 193. Presumption is plaintiff heard signals: Moore on Facts, secs. 191, 221, 160; 67 S. C., 367; 63 S. C., 271; 19 Am. St R., 96; 55 Am.
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Before Klugh, J., Spartanburg, Fall term, 1908. Action by I. M. Turbyfill, administrator of Belinda R. Hand, against Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Contributory negligence of plaintiff will defeat a recovery: 72 S. C., 392; 78 S. C., 374; 81 S. C., 193. Presumption is plaintiff heard signals: Moore on Facts, secs. 191, 221, 160; 67 S. C., 367; 63 S. C., 271; 19 Am. St R., 96; 55 Am. St. R., 287; 7 Ency., 435; 4 L. R. A. (N. S.), 254, 351, 344; 95 N. W., 161; 3 L. .R. A., 196; 86 Pac., 472 Wr.agge case has been overruled:…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained as the result of negligence and recklessness on the part of the defendant, in causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate while traveling the public highway, where it crosses the railroad track at Duncans, S. G
One of the specifications of negligence and recklessness was that the death of plaintiff’s intestate was caused by collision with defendant’s train of cars, through its failure to give the statutory signals when approaching said highway.
The jury rendered a verdict in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Drawdy v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Strother v. So. Ca. & Ga. R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Weaver v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Wragge v. So. Ca. & Ga. R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Burns v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
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- Ford v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
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