Morrow v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hydrick, J., Spartanburg, Action by Charles R. Morrow against Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company. From order setting aside verdict and dismissing complaint, plaintiff appeals. cite: Common law is presumed, to govern in both States: 66 S. C., 91; 132 N. C., 270; 130 N. C., 479. Under this law plaintiff should recover: 31 S. E., 212; 21 Am.
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Before Hydrick, J., Spartanburg, Action by Charles R. Morrow against Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company. From order setting aside verdict and dismissing complaint, plaintiff appeals. cite: Common law is presumed, to govern in both States: 66 S. C., 91; 132 N. C., 270; 130 N. C., 479. Under this law plaintiff should recover: 31 S. E., 212; 21 Am. R., 371; 59 F., 431; 66 S. W., 114; 47 S. W., 41; 25 S. E., 387; 33 P., 213; 21 N. E., 31. In North Carolina, negligence is for jury:.130 N. C., 488; 66 N. C., 494; 132 N. C., 340. Defendant must show contributory negligence: 122 N. C.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Judge; John S. Wilson, Acting Associate Justice, in place of Mr. Justice Hydrick, disqualified.
The plaintiff in this action, by his complaint, alleges:
First. “That he is a citizen and resident of the State of South Carolina, aforesaid.
Second. “That the defendant, Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company, is now, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned and set forth, a corporation duly created and organized under the laws of the State of South Carolina, and at said times, and now, owned a railroad from Charlotte, North Carolina, running through…
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