Kneece v. Southern Ry. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Stabler.

This action, one in which both actual and punitive damages were sought, was brought for the benefit of the mother of one W. R. Kneece, deceased, who met his death on the night of April 13, 1935, when his automobile, in which he was riding alone, ran into a freight train of the defendant ■company at a highway crossing in the town of Monetta, in Aiken County. The railroad, which runs north and south through the village, crosses paved highway No. 39, running east and west, within the limits of the town. The paved portion of this…