Langford v. Atlantic Coast Line R.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Watts.

“This is an action for damages for personal injury. The defendant gave due notice of its intention to demur to the complaint on ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and the demurrer was heard by the Honorable J. W. DeVore, presiding Judge at the December term of the Court of Common Pleas for Jasper County and overruled, whereupon due notice was given of appeal to the Supreme Court of South Carolina.”

The exceptions, two in number, raise two questions: First, plaintiff’s contributory…