Bolin v. Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, June, 1902. Action by T. A. Bolin against Southern Railway Co. Prom order on motion to make complaint more definite and certain, both parties appeal. cite: Acts of negligence and wantonness may he stated in one cause of action: 22 Stat., 693; 61 S. C., 170; 64 S. C., 495; 35 S. C., 486; 42 S. C., 114; 57 S. C., 234. Complaint must state cause of action clearly enough to inform defendant whether to deny same or not: 6 Ency.
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Before Townsend, J., Spartanburg, June, 1902. Action by T. A. Bolin against Southern Railway Co. Prom order on motion to make complaint more definite and certain, both parties appeal. cite: Acts of negligence and wantonness may he stated in one cause of action: 22 Stat., 693; 61 S. C., 170; 64 S. C., 495; 35 S. C., 486; 42 S. C., 114; 57 S. C., 234. Complaint must state cause of action clearly enough to inform defendant whether to deny same or not: 6 Ency. P. & P., 249; 11 A. & E. R. R. C., 2; 61 S. C., 170; 63 S. C., 363; Code, 163-180; 4 Ency. P. & P., 607; 35 S. C., 381. Defendant is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The plaintiff and defendant are both appellants. The plaintiff appeals from that part of an order requiring him to make his complaint definite and certain in the particulars mentioned in the order. The defendant appeals because the Circuit Judge refused to require the plaintiff to make his complaint definite and certain in other particulars.
Paragraph 2 of the complaint alleges that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a locomotive engineer to operate a shifting engine in the yards of the defendant. The complaint in its third…
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