Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Seask, J., Sumter, November, 1913. Action by Susan A. Williams and E. W. Williams, her husband, 'against Atlantic Coast Fine Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The charge of the Circuit Judge was as follows: Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury: You are the judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the force and effect to be given to their testimony.
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Before Seask, J., Sumter, November, 1913. Action by Susan A. Williams and E. W. Williams, her husband, 'against Atlantic Coast Fine Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The charge of the Circuit Judge was as follows: Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury: You are the judges of the credibility of the witnesses, and the force and effect to be given to their testimony. You have heard all the testimony, which has not been very long, and you*have heard the arguments, which have covered the status of the case from both standpoints — from the standpoint of the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Action for tort, in the wrongful ejectment of a negro woman passenger, at Royster, about one mile east of Columbia, and towards Sumter.
The verdict was $200.00 punitive damages. The defendant appeals and assigns six errors. Of these, one is in the admission of testimony, one in refusing to direct verdict, and four in charging the jury.
4-6 The undisputed facts are these: The woman had bought in Sumter a return ticket to Greenville, via Columbia and Laurens.
She was on her return to Sumter, and came without incident to Columbia.
At that…
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