Adams v. South Carolina & Georgia Extension R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DanTzlLR, J., York, February, 1903. Action by Eillian S. Adams, as administratrix of estate of Ernest E. Adams, against South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Co. From order of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cites: No failure of proof: Code of Proc., 192. Error to refuse mnendment: Code of Proc., 190, 191; 51 S. C., 412; 55 S. C., 98. cites: As to disallowing amendments: 48 S. C., 565; 50 S. C., 465; 51 S. C., 416; 32 S. C., 145; 43 S. C., 229; 64 S. C., 96; 94 N.…
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Before DanTzlLR, J., York, February, 1903. Action by Eillian S. Adams, as administratrix of estate of Ernest E. Adams, against South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Co. From order of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cites: No failure of proof: Code of Proc., 192. Error to refuse mnendment: Code of Proc., 190, 191; 51 S. C., 412; 55 S. C., 98. cites: As to disallowing amendments: 48 S. C., 565; 50 S. C., 465; 51 S. C., 416; 32 S. C., 145; 43 S. C., 229; 64 S. C., 96; 94 N. C., 525; 119 U. S-, 214; 45 S. C., 280; 33 S. C., 200; 47 S. C., 30; 57 S. C., 435; 48 S. C., 306; 61 S. 'C., 186; 143…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Pope.
Ernest L. Adams, while employed as and in service as a brakeman on a freight train, owned and operated by the defendant railroad company, was killed at or near Catawba Junction, S. C., on the 24th day of-November, 1900. The plaintiff was duly appointed the administratrix of his estate, and as such brought her action against the railroad company, under what is known as Lo-rd Campbell’s Act, to recover damages alleged to be $20,000 in favor of said Lilian S. Adams, as the widow of said intestate. In her complaint, omitting the…
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