Glenn v. Southern Railway Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Blease.

This was a tort action tried in the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County before Hon. John S. Wilson, as Presiding Judge. The verdict of the jury was in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $8,125 actual damages. The defendants have appealed tO' this Court from the judgment against them, and also from the order of the Circuit Judge settling the case for appeal.

The negligence of the defendants, as alleged in the complaint, consisted (1) of blocking'the street by a freight train, and (2) in failing to give signals of warning before…