Legal Opinion

Boyleston v. Baxley

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided December 3, 1963No. 18129PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Brailsford, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff for personal injuries incurred in a collision between an automobile driven by her and one occupied by John Bunyan Baxley and Noah Baxley. Both of the Baxleys were dead after the collision. Plaintiff has no recollection of the accident or of events leading up to it. Apparently, there were no other eye witnesses.

The automobiles approached the scene from opposite directions. The physical evidence showed rather clearly that the Baxley car was out of control for five or six hundred feet before reaching the point of impact, which…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Driver v. BrooksSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
  2. Fuller Ex Rel. Estate of Fuller v. BaileySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1961

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dull v. TellezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. Deason v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
  3. Fishburne v. ShortSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1977
  4. Collins v. FrasierCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2008

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