Hart v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Edgefield, November, 1889. This was an action by James R. Hart against The Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad Company, commenced January 8, 1889, to recover damages sustained in his person and property on July 2, 1888. .The judge charged the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the Jury: This is an action brought by James R. Hart against the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad.
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Before Norton, J., Edgefield, November, 1889. This was an action by James R. Hart against The Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad Company, commenced January 8, 1889, to recover damages sustained in his person and property on July 2, 1888. .The judge charged the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the Jury: This is an action brought by James R. Hart against the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant owns a railroad which it built and has leased to the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company ; that in operating the railroad the latter company killed the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court ivas delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.
The action below was brought by the plaintiff, respondent, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him through the negligence of the Richmond & Danville R. R. Co., a lessee of defendant company. The negligence is alleged in the complaint to have consisted in failing to give the required signal by ringing a bell or sounding the steam whistle as the locomotive and cars approached the crossing of a public highway along which the plaintiff was travelling, by reason whereof the plaintiff was unaware of…
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