McCrary v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Richland. Action by L,. I. McCrary, administratrix of E. D. McCrary, against Southern Railway, W. T. Wright, E. L. Shillitto and O. E. McEachern. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Is it duty of master not to permit his servant to work overtime? 9 Fed. St., Ann., 463, 464; Stinson’s Am.
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Before Gary, J., Richland. Action by L,. I. McCrary, administratrix of E. D. McCrary, against Southern Railway, W. T. Wright, E. L. Shillitto and O. E. McEachern. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Is it duty of master not to permit his servant to work overtime? 9 Fed. St., Ann., 463, 464; Stinson’s Am. Con., 55, 66. Servant here guilty of contributory negligence: 77 S. C, 328; 81 S. C., 100; 78 S. C, 374; 128 N. C., 517; 39 S. C., 51; 87 S. W., 1052. Appellant’s requests should have been passed on: 59 S. C., 310; 69 S. C, 539; 67 S. C., 199; 78 5. C., 401. Assumption of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action by the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of E. D. McCrary, deceased, to recover damages against Southern Railway Company and its employees, W. T. Wright, a conductor, E. R. Shillitto, a conductor, and O. F. McEachern, an engineer, for causing the death of said E. D. McCrary.
The following allegations are set out in the complaint: “That the death of the said E. D. McCrary was due to the joint and concurrent negligence, carelessness, wilfulness and wantonness of the defendants, Shillitto, McEachern, Wright and…
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