Anderson v. South Carolina & Georgia R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Action by B. J. Anderson against South Carolina and Ga. R. R. Co. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Degree of care: 74 S. C., 332. Presumption of negligence: 55 S. C., 389; 58 S. C., 491; 62 S. C., 130; 65 S. C., 440; 72 S. C., 336, 114. Damages for mental anguish not being alleged could not be recovered: 31 S. C., 49. cite: Carrier is held to highest degree of can'e to protect its passengers from injury from others: 131 Mass., 371; 50 Fed.
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Action by B. J. Anderson against South Carolina and Ga. R. R. Co. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Degree of care: 74 S. C., 332. Presumption of negligence: 55 S. C., 389; 58 S. C., 491; 62 S. C., 130; 65 S. C., 440; 72 S. C., 336, 114. Damages for mental anguish not being alleged could not be recovered: 31 S. C., 49. cite: Carrier is held to highest degree of can'e to protect its passengers from injury from others: 131 Mass., 371; 50 Fed. R., 755; 24 E. R. A., 70; 34 Conn., 554; 74 S. C., 332; 53 Pa. St., 512; 88 N. C., 536; 24 Fed. R., 413; 76 Pa. St., 510; 53 Miss.,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
Plaintiff recovered a judgment of $1,250 against defendant for alleged negligence in failing to supply sufficient coaches to accommodate the passengers oo its train from Augusta, Ga., to Langley, S. C., on the afternoon of June 28, 1902, in permitting -white and colored' passengers to ride in the same coach, in not having a sufficient force of employees upon the train, and in failing to protect plaintiff — a passenger — from violence on the part of a fellow-passenger, as the result of which negligence plaintiff received a pistol shot…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jarrell v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Doolittle v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Steele v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- Hunter v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Stembridge v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Dennis v. Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1912
- Sutton v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
- Calder v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
- Norris v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
- Poliakoff v. SheltonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
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