Marsh v. South Carolina Railroad

Bleckley, Judge.

A wife sued a railroad company for the homicide of her husband, who was run over and killed by a train while he was engaged in uncoupling the cars. He was an employee of the company; and another employee, one Butler Addison, was present and witnessed the occurrence. Previous to the trial, the plaintiff’s counsel had made some effort to obtain an interview with Addison for' the purpose of learning the facts and ascertaining what he would testify, and had been prevented from so doing by the interposition of the company’s local agent. Addison, it seems, had made a statement of…