Douglass v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Chester, November term, 1906. Action by William R. Douglass against Southern Railway Company and W. A. Stack. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Mr. McDonald cites: Under common law no rate of speed is negligence per se: 8 Ency.; 3 Ell. on R. R., sec. 1160; 3 Thomp. on Neg., sec. 16Or, 5 S. C., 211; 7 S. C., 402; 34 S. C., 451; 57 S. C., 211; 67 S. C., 367. Reciprocal duties of railroad and traveler at public crossing: 238 Fed.
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Before Prince, J., Chester, November term, 1906. Action by William R. Douglass against Southern Railway Company and W. A. Stack. Prom judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Mr. McDonald cites: Under common law no rate of speed is negligence per se: 8 Ency.; 3 Ell. on R. R., sec. 1160; 3 Thomp. on Neg., sec. 16Or, 5 S. C., 211; 7 S. C., 402; 34 S. C., 451; 57 S. C., 211; 67 S. C., 367. Reciprocal duties of railroad and traveler at public crossing: 238 Fed. R., 641; 5 S, C., 211; 7 S- C., 402; 57 S. C., 20'5; 72' S. C., 389; Shear. & Red. on Neg., secs. 461-4; 3 Ell. on R. R., secs. 1165-8.…
1Dissent
Without discussing whether the undisputed facts show contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff, I think there should be a reversal for error in charging plaintiff's eighth request. This charge was clearly misleading and confusing on the subject of contributory negligence, and was in violation of the principle declared in Sanders v. Aiken Mfg. Co., 71 S.C. 59,50 S.E., 679, wherein the Court held it was error to instruct the jury that contributory negligence of a negative character, such as lack of vigilance, would not relieve a defendant of liability for negligence. The charge was…
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- Sanders v. Aiken Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905