Moseley v. Carolina, C. & O. Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Sease, J., Spartanburg, Spring term, 1916. Action by Lillie V. Moseley against the Carolina, Clinch-field & Ohio Railway of South Carolina and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
Read the full summary
Before Sease, J., Spartanburg, Spring term, 1916. Action by Lillie V. Moseley against the Carolina, Clinch-field & Ohio Railway of South Carolina and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. The sixth request to charge was as follows: (6) The statute law of South Carolina requires railway companies to ring the bell or blow the whistle continuously for a distance of 500 yards of trains before passing over any public crossing, and, if a railroad fails to give these signals, the jury would be warranted in considering the omission of the railroad to so give these signals in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This action for the recovery of damages both actual and punitive for alleged personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff was tried before Judge Sease and a jury at the Spring term of Court, 1916, for Spartanburg county, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendants. After entry of judgment plaintiff appeals, and by six exceptions alleges error on the part of the Circuit Court. In a general way the exceptions present the following propositions :
1 1. Was it error for the Court to tell the jury that the action of the Court in…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Poulos v. JamesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- Snipes v. Davis, Director General of RailroadsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1927