Dobbins v. Seaboard Air Line R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Mauldin, J., York, November, 1916. Action by C. A. Dobbins against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. cites: As to defense of contributory negligence: 92 S. C. 490. Conduct of trial: 70 S. C. 211; 75 S. C. 68; 67 S. C. 136; 73 S. C. 503. Charge on negligence: 42 S. C. 402; 58 S. C. 229; 52 S. C. 291; 71 S. C. 156. Sudden emergency: 82 S. C. 72; 81 S. C. 339; 60 Am.
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Before Mauldin, J., York, November, 1916. Action by C. A. Dobbins against the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. cites: As to defense of contributory negligence: 92 S. C. 490. Conduct of trial: 70 S. C. 211; 75 S. C. 68; 67 S. C. 136; 73 S. C. 503. Charge on negligence: 42 S. C. 402; 58 S. C. 229; 52 S. C. 291; 71 S. C. 156. Sudden emergency: 82 S. C. 72; 81 S. C. 339; 60 Am. St. Rep. 705. Injuries at crossings: Civil Code, sec. 3230; 92 S. C. 302; 99 S. C. 284; 81 S. C. 71; 87 S. C. 325; 63 S. C. 532. Presumptions: 91 S. C. 203; 84 S. C. 137.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The case shows:
“This action was brought by the plaintiff, C. A. Dobbins, against the defendant, Seaboard Air Dine Railroad Company, in the Court of Common Pleas for York county, and the plaintiff demanded twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars damages from the defendant. On the night of October 11, 1915, about 8 o’clock, or a little thereafter, the plaintiff was returning from Winnsboro to Rock Hill in an automobile, and when he was near where the Saluda road, leading from Chester to Rock Hill, crossed the main line of Seaboard Air Fine…
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