Bell v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Watts.

This is an action for damages in the amount of $95,000 brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County, S. C., by the plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of John M. Bell, deceased, for the benefit of herself, as the widow of the said John M. Bell. The action is against the defendants, Atlantic Coast Fine Railroad Company, Peter Friday, and Herman F. Cardwell. The answer of defendants alleged that at the time of the injuries to and the death of the plaintiffs intestate both the plaintiff’s intestate and the…