Irby v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Richland, November term, 1911. Action by Amanda Irby against Southern Railway Company and W. M. Davis. Defendants appeal. cites: As to admission of city ordinances: 62 S. C. 327; 72 S. C. .3; 47 S. C. 28. One on track is presumed to get out of way of lever car: 70 S. C. 194.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
This was an action for damages brought by the plaintiff-respondent against the defendants-appellants for personal injuries received by the plaintiff at a public street crossing in the city of Columbia. It seems that at the place of the injury several railroad tracks cross the street quite near each other. Some of these tracks, belong to the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad and some to the defendant company. When the plaintiff arrived, she found the street blocked by a passing train on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens road…
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