Grainger v. Greenville, S. & A. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Greenville, Action by J. B. Grainger, as administrator of the estate of Abell Grainger, deceased, against Greenville, Spartan-burg and Anderson Ry. Company. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Before Wilson, J., Greenville, Action by J. B. Grainger, as administrator of the estate of Abell Grainger, deceased, against Greenville, Spartan-burg and Anderson Ry. Company. The facts are stated in the opinion. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals on the following exceptions : 1. Error of law of his Honor in allowing the question by plaintiff’s attorneys, over objection, to the witness, Elizabeth Ogden, and her answer thereto, as follows: Q. Now you go ahead and state the conversation which passed between you and him while there. A. I went out to the edge of the cut, and looked…
1Opinion of the Court
The first opinion was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained through the wrongful acts of the defendant in causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate.
The third and fourth paragraphs of the complaint, are as follows:
“That on Friday, November 22, 1912, Abell Grainger, who was a minor, 19 years of age, and inexperienced in the work in which he was engaged, was in the employ of defendant company, as a laborer on a construction gang, a few miles from the city of Greenville. He had been engaged in this work for about two weeks, and before…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hicks v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
- Trimmier v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Branch v. Port Royal &c. Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1892
- Green v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Tolleson v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Bradford v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Leppard v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
- Weston v. HillyerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
- Holmes v. Davis, Dir. Gen.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
- Hill v. Broad River Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
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