Simmons v. COHEN

Taylor, Justice.

Action in this case was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County on January 22, 1954, for the sum of $120,000.00 as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff as the result of an automobile collision.

The complaint alleges that on the afternoon of September 8, 1953, plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile being driven by one Ruth D. Williams on United States Highway No. 17, at a point approximately one-half mile from the Edisto River Bridge (on the Charleston County side) when the automobile in which she was riding…