Easler v. Columbia Ry., Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hon. W. A. Holman, special Judge, Columbia, June, 1914. Action by Bennis Rorin Easier, an infant, by his guardian ad litem, H. R. Easier, against the Columbia Railway, Gas & Electric Company. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: As to defendant’s liability for surgeon’s negligence: Thompson Negligence, sec. 3841; Ann. Cas. 1912b, 933 and note; 28 L. R. A. 554; 107 N. Y. 228; 1 Am. St. Rep. 815; 23 R. R. A. 581; 45 S. E. 741; 50 Am.
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Before Hon. W. A. Holman, special Judge, Columbia, June, 1914. Action by Bennis Rorin Easier, an infant, by his guardian ad litem, H. R. Easier, against the Columbia Railway, Gas & Electric Company. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: As to defendant’s liability for surgeon’s negligence: Thompson Negligence, sec. 3841; Ann. Cas. 1912b, 933 and note; 28 L. R. A. 554; 107 N. Y. 228; 1 Am. St. Rep. 815; 23 R. R. A. 581; 45 S. E. 741; 50 Am. St. Rep. 317; 13 R. R. A. 329; 27 R. R. A. 840; 2 Elliott Railroads (2d ed.), sec. 223; 3 lb., sec. 1388; 48 R. R. A. (N. S.) 536; 98 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Action for tort to the person; verdict for plaintiff for $1,000; appeal by defendant.”
History: The electric car was running towards College Place in the northern suburbs of Columbia. The plaintiff, a boy 14 years old, was a passenger. He rang.for the car to stop, rose and went forward to the platform occupied by the motorman, and got upon the step. He was thrown to the ground and his shoulder bones injured. His mother, living hard by, came out to the scene, and, it is alleged, desired to take the boy into her house. The conductor, it…
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