Arnold v. Charleston & Western Carolina R.

September 28, 1948. This action was brought by one J. Ralph Arnold as Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Hayne D. McKinney, deceased, against the Charleston Western Carolina Railway Company for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the death of Hayne D. McKinney, which arose out of a collision of a motor truck driven by plaintiff's intestate and one of defendant's trains at a crossing in Laurens County, South Carolina.

The defendant-appellant made timely motions for a nonsuit and directed verdict, both of which were refused. The Jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of…