Legal Opinion
Padgett v. SOUTHERN RY. CO.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided March 15, 1950No. 16330PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUKES. Justice.
Respondent recovered verdict and judgment against ap~ pellant for $2,500.00 actual damages for the alleged wrongful death of her intestate who was her seventeen-year-old son. He was one of twin brothers who were riding with another youth in the latter's Chevrolet coupe of 1930 vintag€ which was struck by appellant's railroad train and demolished at a grade crossing in Orangeburg County. All were instantly killed and one or more of the bodies horribly mangled. Wreckage of the automobile was carried under th~ railroad engine for a distance of half or three-quarters of a mile.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Funderburk v. PowellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
- Carter v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Lusk v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
- Gaskins v. Firemen's Ins. Co. of Newark, N.J.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1945
- Rhodes v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Doremus Ex Rel. Rentz v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Ross v. PaddyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2000
- Taylor v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1950
- Hicklin v. Jeff Hunt MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1955
- Bolt v. GIBSONSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
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