Wilson v. Charleston & Savannah Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Charleston, November, 1896. Action by Willis Wilson against The Charleston and Savannah Railway, on the following complaint: I. That the defendant was at the times hereinafter mentioned and is a corporation duly created and existing under the laws of the State afaresaid. II.
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Before Townsend, J., Charleston, November, 1896. Action by Willis Wilson against The Charleston and Savannah Railway, on the following complaint: I. That the defendant was at the times hereinafter mentioned and is a corporation duly created and existing under the laws of the State afaresaid. II. That the plaintiff was on the 17th day of February, 1895, in the employ of the defendant company as a car cleaner, and while so employed, and actively engaged in the performance of his duties in a certain passenger coach of the said company, then on its main line within its yard limits at Charleston,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This action was commenced on the 26th of April, 1895, and was tried before his Honor, Judge D. A. Townsend, at the November, 1896, term of the Court for Charleston County. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $690.20. The defendant has appealed to this Court on exceptions which, together with the complaint, answer, and charge of the presiding Judge, will be set out in the report of the case. The third exception was abandoned.
1 The exceptions will not be considered seriatim, as they raise practically but three…
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