Hankinson v. Charlotte &c. R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Fraser, J., Aiken, April, 1893. Action by John H. Hankinson, as clerk of court, as administrator of the estate of Kaoly Ordey, deceased, against the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, commenced February 16, 1891, to recover damages for the death of intestate on December 15,1889. The j udge charged the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the Jury: This is a case brought by the administrator of the estate of Kaoly Ordey (I believe that is the name), under the…
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Before Fraser, J., Aiken, April, 1893. Action by John H. Hankinson, as clerk of court, as administrator of the estate of Kaoly Ordey, deceased, against the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, commenced February 16, 1891, to recover damages for the death of intestate on December 15,1889. The j udge charged the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the Jury: This is a case brought by the administrator of the estate of Kaoly Ordey (I believe that is the name), under the statute which provides that, in case any injury is done to a person, and he dies, certain members of his family are…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
This was an action to recover damages, for the benefit of deceased’s minor son, sustained by reason of certain injuries received by the intestate while crossing the track of the defendant company, by a collision with the train, which resulted in his death.
The plaintiff, in the first paragraph of his complaint, alleged that he had been duly appointed administrator of the derelict *14estate of the said Kaoly Ordey, who was killed by the negligence of the defendant company, on the 15th of December, 1889, at Graniteville, in the…
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