Best v. Columbia Street Railway, Light & Power Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Richland, June term, 1909. Action by Clara Best against Columbia Street Railway, Right & Power Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Physical examination of plaintiff by defendant’s physician: 16 Ency., 812; 14 Cyc., 365; Wig. on Ev., 3019; 102 Am. St. R., 563; 19 R. R. A., 641; 46 R. R. A., 448; 24 Am. St. R., 764; 55 Am. R., 584;.9 S. E-, 602; 47 la., 375; 54 R. R. A., 396; 88 Am. St. R., 232; 80 Am.
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Before Klugh, J., Richland, June term, 1909. Action by Clara Best against Columbia Street Railway, Right & Power Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Physical examination of plaintiff by defendant’s physician: 16 Ency., 812; 14 Cyc., 365; Wig. on Ev., 3019; 102 Am. St. R., 563; 19 R. R. A., 641; 46 R. R. A., 448; 24 Am. St. R., 764; 55 Am. R., 584;.9 S. E-, 602; 47 la., 375; 54 R. R. A., 396; 88 Am. St. R., 232; 80 Am. St. R., 374; 19 R. R. A., 641; 46 R. R. A., 448; 95 Mo., 169; 37 Ohio, 104; 46 R. R. A., 153; 40 R. R. A., 431; 25 R. R. A., 404; 177 N. S., 172; 141 U.…
1Dissent
I dissent. In suits arising out of personal injuries it is manifest that nothing can be more helpful to the jury in reaching a just estimate of the damages than knowledge of the true nature of the injury.
To deny to either party any reasonable means of making the extent of the injury evident is unfair, for often its nature is such that the defendant has no means whatever of protecting himself from pretensive or exaggerated claims, except on examination by impartial experts under the order of the Court. For these reasons, whenever it appears to the Circuit Judge that a physical examination by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- City of South Bend v. TurnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Graves v. City of Battle CreekMichigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Richmond & Danville Railroad v. ChildressSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Lane v. Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1899
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