Dantzler v. Southern Rwy. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This is a companion case to Youngblood v. Southern Railway Company and Southern Railway — Carolina Division, 166 S. C., 140, 164 S. E., 431, now in process of decision. Thé action was commenced in May, 1924, by the plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Lawrence Keitt Dantzler, deceased, for damages for the alleged wrongful death of her intestate. On January 3, 1924, Dantzler, who was in the employ of the defendants as a locomotive engineer, was operating, with Youngblood as conductor, one of the defendants’ trains, which met…