Thornton v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The order of Judge Grimball follows:

A rule to show cause was issued upon the plaintiff in the above case on September 19, 1940, upon the verified petition of the defendant, directing him to show cause before me on September 26, 1940, why the prayer of the said petition should not be granted. The plaintiff made return to the rule, and the matter came on to be heard before me at Florence on November 7, 1940.

The plaintiff recovered a verdict in the Court of Common Pleas for Florence County before Hon. G. B. Greene, Circuit Judge, and a jury at the February, 1940, term, in the sum of Twenty-Five…