China v. City of Sumter
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Sumter, March, 1897. Action by Alfred J. China against city of Sumter. The Judge charged the jury as follows: Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury: The plaintiff brings this action against the . city of Sumter, claiming damages, because, as he alleges, the city, by its agents and by its negligence and mismanagement, erected a post on one of the public ways of the city, and failing to give due notice of that, that his carriage was driven against that post,…
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Before Klugh, J., Sumter, March, 1897. Action by Alfred J. China against city of Sumter. The Judge charged the jury as follows: Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the jury: The plaintiff brings this action against the . city of Sumter, claiming damages, because, as he alleges, the city, by its agents and by its negligence and mismanagement, erected a post on one of the public ways of the city, and failing to give due notice of that, that his carriage was driven against that post, without any negligence on his part, and certain parts were broken and certain damages ensued to him. The action is…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
The plaintiff brings this action against the defendant, a municipal corporation, to recover damages for certain injuries done to his property— his carriage and harness — by reason of the neglect or mismanagement of the servants or agents of defendant. It appears that on the 11th of November, 1896, the agents of defendant were engaged in constructing a pavement or sidewalk, dedicated for that purpose by the adjoining proprietor, on a strip of land adjoining one of the public ways of the city of Sumter, and, with a view to…
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