Cooper v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Purdy, J., 1905, and- Gary, J., April term, 1906, Sumter. Action by J. Witherspoon Cooper against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co>. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: The appellant vitas under no duty to hold the-train until plaintiff could go in the car and disembark: 53 S. C., 203; 29 Am. St. R., 48; 66 Am.
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Before Purdy, J., 1905, and- Gary, J., April term, 1906, Sumter. Action by J. Witherspoon Cooper against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co>. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: The appellant vitas under no duty to hold the-train until plaintiff could go in the car and disembark: 53 S. C., 203; 29 Am. St. R., 48; 66 Am. Dec., 406; 84 Ga., 1; 64 Wis,, 652; 6 Cyc., 615, and note 68; 61 S. C., 351; 56 S. C., 91; 69 S. C., 479; 72 N. E., 66. cite: Order refusing to strike out allegations is not appealable: 74 S.- C., 13; 42 S. C., 547; 60 S. C., 521. Points decided in a case on appeal…
1Opinion of the Court
December 14, 1907. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This action was commenced by the plaintiff in April, 1903, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in alighting from defendant's train, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of defendant company in the following particulars: 1st, in that the train did not stop long enough to enable plaintiff to accompany his daughter on board and alight therefrom with safety; 2d, that the statutory requirement that the company shall cause all of its trains for passengers to stop for a sufficient time to receive and let off passengers was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Cooper v. Georgia, Carolina & Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- Johnson v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
- Lynch v. Spartan MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Cooper v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Shaver v. Grendel MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
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- Nelson v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Sparks v. D. M. Dew & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1957
- Woodward v. WoodwardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
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