Shelton v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., York, February Term, 1909. Action by W. J. Shelton against Southern Railway Company and Southern Rlailway — Carolina Division. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. cite: Declarer tions of engineer: Elliott on Ev., secs. 537-545, 564, 252, 255; Michem on Agency, secs. 714, 715; 47 Am.
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Before Klugh, J., York, February Term, 1909. Action by W. J. Shelton against Southern Railway Company and Southern Rlailway — Carolina Division. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. cite: Declarer tions of engineer: Elliott on Ev., secs. 537-545, 564, 252, 255; Michem on Agency, secs. 714, 715; 47 Am. R., 403; 20 Wal., 540; 119 U. S., 99; 11 Rich., 367; 4 S. C„ 153; 5 S. C„ 358; 19 S. C., 353; 27 S. C., 63; 28 S. C., 157; 53 S. C., 448; 56 S. C., 136; 68 S. C., 462, 304; 13 S. C., 463; 56 S. C., 369; 72 S. C., 256. Subsequent conduct of conductor: 51 S. C., 222; 77 S. C., 73.…
1Opinion of the Court
May 19, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by Plaintiff recovered judgment against defendants for injuries sustained while he was a passenger on defendants' road by the derailment of the car on which he was riding.
In the third paragraph of the complaint, it is alleged that the train was derailed "while moving at a high rate of speed, and was hurled with great force from the track, and was almost demolished and destroyed, and the plaintiff, by reason of the force and effect thereof, was thrown with great violence against the side of the wrecked car in which he was sitting, and was…
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- State v. McDanielSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Mason v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Steele v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- Sharpton v. Augusta & Aiken Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Jones v. FullerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1883
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