Pringle v. Guild

SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.

This case now comes up on a motion for a new trial by the defendants. J. S. Guild and George M. Guild, the defendants, were under contract with the city of Columbia for the construction of a sewerage system in said city. To this end, they were authorized to open ground in the city, and make excavations necessary for the work. Among other places, the defendants constructed a tunnel on Indigo street, under the main track and siding of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, and, for the purposes of the tunnel, dug a shaft or hole between these tracks; the said shaft or hole…