Magill v. Southern Railway
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Sease, J., York, November term', 1912. Action by Samuel T. M’agill, by guardian, against Southern Railway and W. W. Ferris. Defendants appeal. cites: Duty to warn: 93 S. C. 17. Declarations as part of res gestae: 68 S. C. 310; 47 S. C. 9; 68 S. C. 313; 86 S. C. 102. Contents of collateral zvriting may be given: 89 S. C. 417; 59 S. C. 467; 82 S. C. 427. Bvidence on same point cures error: 78 S. C. 143; 70 S. C. 315; 41 S. C. 415; 36 S. C. 374.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action in the Count of Common Pleas for York county for $20,000 damages for alleged personal injuries to the plaintiff, received while on or near the track of the defendant, Southern Railway Company. The case was heard by Judge Sease, and a jury, at the November term of the Court, for said county, in 1912, and resulted in favor of the plaintiff for $8,000. At the close of plaintiff's testimony a motion was made and granted by the Court to direct a verdict for the defendant as to the cause of action for punitive damages set…
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