Elkins v. South Carolina & Georgia R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Barnwell, fall term, 1899. Action for negligent killing by Susan T. Elkins, administratrix of Marion Varn, against South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Co. From order sustaining defendant’s demurrer to complaint, plaintiff appeals. No citations on point decided. cite: On point decided: 51' S. C., 55; 18 S. C., 103; 19 S. C., 61; 20 S. C., 583; 30 S. C., 99; 43 S. C., 91; 44 S. C., 485.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of 'the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court, sustaining a demurrer, based upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The plaintiff bases her appeal upon a single exception, which is couched in the following language: “That the complaint alleges a cause of action, and his Honor erred in sustaining the demurrer, and in dismissing the complaint.”
1 2 The counsel for respondent takes the position that this exception is too general, and that, under the settled…
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