Sentell v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before special Judge, Joseph A. McCurrough, Edge-field, November, 1903. Action by Rena A. Sentell, as administratrix of James C. Sentell, against Southern Railway.
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Before special Judge, Joseph A. McCurrough, Edge-field, November, 1903. Action by Rena A. Sentell, as administratrix of James C. Sentell, against Southern Railway. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cites: Deceased zvas trespasser: 57 S. C., 243; 64 S. C., 7; 34 S. C., 292; 67 S. C., 499. Duty of railroad to trespasser: 57 S. C., 243; 64 S. C., 7; 61 S. C., 560; 34 S. C., 292. Bvidence susceptible of only one inference, and nonsuit should have been granted: 8 Rich. R., 120; 2 McM., 406; 67 S. C., 499. As to recovery, where party is injured on track in unconscious condition: 18 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Pope.
James C. Sentell, by occupation a carpenter, aged about sixty-four years, while sitting upon a crosstie of the Southern Railway Company, on the 28th day of May, 1900, in the county of Aiken, S. C., was struck by a railway train, to wit: a passenger train of defendant’s railway, on its way from Augusta, State of Georgia, through the city of Columbia, S. C., on its way to the north, and instantly killed.
After the plaintiff was appointed the administratrix of the estate of the said James C. Sentell, deceased, her deceased husband,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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