Wragge v. So. Ca. & Ga. R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Action by Caroline A. Wragge, as administratrix of the estate of Henry H. Wragge, against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company, for running its engines and cars over the deceased, at a public crossing, and killing him, without giving the statutory signals.
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Action by Caroline A. Wragge, as administratrix of the estate of Henry H. Wragge, against the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company, for running its engines and cars over the deceased, at a public crossing, and killing him, without giving the statutory signals. The following are the requests to charge, and the remarks of the Judge thereon, so far as the same relates to the questions involved: . The third request of the defendant is as follows: “That section 1692 makes any railroad company neglecting to give the signals required by the statute liable in damages for any injury to any…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The plaintiff, as administratrix of the personal estate of her deceased husband, brings this action to recover damages for the killing of her said husband by the defendant company’s negligence. The allegation is, that the deceased was killed by a collision with the engine of said company, while attempting to cross the railroad track at a point where it was intersected by a public road along which the deceased was traveling; and that such collision was caused by the failure of the defendant company to give the signals required…
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