Brodie v. Carolina Midland R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Aiken, April term, 1895. Action by Emma Q. and George W. Brodie against the Carolina Midland Railway Company, commenced October 16th, 1893, on the following complaint: The complaint of the above named plaintiffs respectfully shows unto this court: 1. That the defendant, the Carolina Midland Railway Company, was at the time hereinafter mentioned, and is now, a body politic and corporate, under and by the laws of this State, owning a railroad track, cars, and…
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Before Gary, J., Aiken, April term, 1895. Action by Emma Q. and George W. Brodie against the Carolina Midland Railway Company, commenced October 16th, 1893, on the following complaint: The complaint of the above named plaintiffs respectfully shows unto this court: 1. That the defendant, the Carolina Midland Railway Company, was at the time hereinafter mentioned, and is now, a body politic and corporate, under and by the laws of this State, owning a railroad track, cars, and locomotives, and operating such railway with a part of its track situated in the county of Aiken. 2. That on or about…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
This action, alleging that while plaintiff, Emma Q. Brodie, was traveling on defendant’s railroad, and by their negligence and carelessness in failing to supply a stool or other means necessary for her to alight *215from a passenger coach in safety, she was compelled to jump to the ground at an improper and unsafe point on said railroad, whereby she was violently jarred, and such serious injury to her womb was thereby caused, causing serious illness which resulted in her miscarriage, to her damage $2,000, came on to be tried before Judge…
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