Legal Opinion · Dissent

Key v. Carolina & N. W. Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 9, 1931No. 13112Published

1DissentJustice Cothran

(dissenting) : I do not propose to discuss all of the exceptions, or all of the points raised upon this appeal. Without conceding- the correctness of the disposition of others, in the opinion of Mr. Justice Blease, I shall address my observations to what I consider reversible errors in the trial below.

The plaintiff, in his complaint, has “jumbled” (that is to say, joined without a separate statement of each), a cause of action under the signaling statute (Sections 4903 and 4925, Vol. 3, Code 1922), with a cause of action under the common law for negligence in the operation of the train with…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Chisolm v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
  2. Oleson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Heaney v. . Long Island R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
  4. Crescent Motor Co. v. StoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1924
  5. Coleman v. BentSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1924

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