Legal Opinion

Calhoun v. Port Royal &c. Railway Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 27, 1894PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Before Wallace, J., Abbeville, October, 1893. Action by Thomas Calhoun against thePortRoyal and Western Carolina Railway Company, to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff while a passenger on one of defendant’s trains.

1Opinion of the Court

.The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice McIver.

This case was tried at the October term, 1893, of the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe-ville County, on Tuesday, the 17th of October, and the jury rendered their verdict, in favor of the plaintiff, on Wednesday the 18th of October. Thereupon a motion for a new trial was made on the minutes, and the same was heard during the term by his honor, Judge Wallace, who reserved his decision. The October term of said court expired by its own limitation on Saturday, the 21st of October, and the same was adjourned sine die, on that day,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mitchell v. OvermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1881

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank v. KnottsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  2. Snipes v. Davis, Director GeneralSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1925
  3. Roberts v. WessingerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
  4. Rushton v. WoodhamSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
  5. Thornton v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1941

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