McBride v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

On. or about October 22, 1922, the plaintiff, who was in the Town of Remini, S. C., while attempting to cross the defendant’s track, was hit and severely injured by one of its trains. This action was brought for damages alleged to have been suffered by him, as the result of defendant’s alleged negligence and willfulness.

The complaint sets out that the plaintiff was subject to fits of an epileptic nature, and that he fell with one of these fits while crossing the track of the defendant; that although he was in plain view of the…