Brisenden v. Chamberlain
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
At Law. Action by Sarah J. Brisenden, administratrix of Henry J. Brisenden, deceased, against Daniel H. Chamberlain, receiver of the South Carolina Bailway Company, to recover damages for wrongfully causing the death of the said Henry J. Brisenden. On motion to remand.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, District Judge.
This is an action at law, originally brought in the court of common pleas of the state of South Carolina sitting in Aiken county. The cause of action was the killing of plaintiff’s intestate upon the track of the railway of which the defendant is the receiver. The action was brought' under the provisions of section 2183, Gen. St. S. C., enacting for that state what is commonly known as “Lord Campbell’s Act.” The defendant, on the last day provided by the Code of South Carolina of the period within which he was required to answer or demur to the complaint, filed his…
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