Jenkins v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Watts, J.y Greenville, June, 1910. Action by P. A. H. Jenkins against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Both parties appeal. cites: Both Coast Line and C., N. & L. are jointly liable: 65 S. C. 332; 54 L. R. A. 649; 24 Ency. 764-5 ; 23 Cyc. 1212-3; 79 S. C. 563. A common carrier cannot contract against its own negligence: 28 S. C. 404; 75 S. C. 168. Carrier cannot lease its trains so as to exempt itself from liability: 28 S. C. 404; 72 S. C. 134; 79 S. C. 273; 20…
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Before Watts, J.y Greenville, June, 1910. Action by P. A. H. Jenkins against Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. Both parties appeal. cites: Both Coast Line and C., N. & L. are jointly liable: 65 S. C. 332; 54 L. R. A. 649; 24 Ency. 764-5 ; 23 Cyc. 1212-3; 79 S. C. 563. A common carrier cannot contract against its own negligence: 28 S. C. 404; 75 S. C. 168. Carrier cannot lease its trains so as to exempt itself from liability: 28 S. C. 404; 72 S. C. 134; 79 S. C. 273; 20 S, E. 191; 41 Am. R. 179; 44 Am.. St. R. 489; 39 S. W. 643; 6 Cyc. 535; Con., art. IX, sec. 3; 82 S. C. 345. Employees…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered 'by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
The defendant operates a passenger train between Charleston and Greenville: Between Charleston and Columbia, it is ran over defendant’s own road. Between Columbia and Laurens, it is run over the road of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company; and between Laurens and Greenville, it is run over the road of the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company. On September 7, 1908, plaintiff’s wife became a passenger on said train at Newberry for Greenville. The train was wrecked between Newberry and Laurens, and she was…
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- Tobin v. Chester & Lenoir N. G. R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Dennis v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1910
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