Waldrop v. Greenwood, Laurens & Spartanburg R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
This was an action to recover damages as stated in the opinion of this court. During plaintiff’s examination as a witness in his own behalf, he said he informed the section master of the effect of a certain rain on his crops, and was proceeding to state what the section master replied, but upon objection was stopped by the court.
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This was an action to recover damages as stated in the opinion of this court. During plaintiff’s examination as a witness in his own behalf, he said he informed the section master of the effect of a certain rain on his crops, and was proceeding to state what the section master replied, but upon objection was stopped by the court. On the cross examination of the plaintiff, he was asked by defendant’s counsel, against objection, how much of the cotton described was made within 100 feet on the left of this railroad, and he made answer thereto. To these rulings plaintiff excepted. Other matters…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Simpson.
The appellant brought the action below to recover damages for an injury to his land and crops, alleged to have been occasioned by a defectively constructed road-bed and an insufficient culvert, by reason of which water, instead of flowing off naturally, had accumulated and overflowed his land, rendering the same unfit for cultivation and injuring his crop growing thereon. Upon the close of appellant’s testimony, on motion of respondent, his honor, Judge Fraser, granted a non-suit in a short order, of which the following is a…
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