Keel v. Seaboard Air Line Railway
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Barnwell, Spring term, 1916. Actions by J. C. Keel, as administrator of the estate of J. O. Walker, Jr., deceased, and Frank Baker, as administrator of the estate of Davis Baker, deceased, against the Seaboard Air Dine Railway.
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Before Gary, J., Barnwell, Spring term, 1916. Actions by J. C. Keel, as administrator of the estate of J. O. Walker, Jr., deceased, and Frank Baker, as administrator of the estate of Davis Baker, deceased, against the Seaboard Air Dine Railway. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. cite: As to charge upon facts: 47 S. C. 489; 25 S'. E. 798; 47 S. C. 523; 49 S. C. 550; — S. C. 526; 47 S. C. 524; 25 S. E. 810; 68 S. C. 163; 46 S. E. 1009; 72 S. C. 1. As to Court construing staUvtes: Code of Raws, sections 3210-11, as amended by act of 1912, 27th Stat. 572. .Duty of Judge to charge the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
The two actions were for damages in the sum of $50,000 each for the alleged negligent and reckless killing of the two intestates by being run into by a train of the defendant at a crossing of the Main street in the town of Estill, S. C., on April 23, 1916. The cases were tried together at Barnwell, S. C., before Judge Gary, and a jury, and resulted in verdicts for the defendant. A motion for a new trial was made on the minutes of the Court, which was refused, and after entry of judgment plaintiffs appeal.
Upon the conclusion of the…
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