Snipes v. Davis, Director General

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice W. C. Cothran.

This suit was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Dillon County to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was made and the trial Judge granted the motion upon the sole ground that he had committed an error in charging the jury as to what constituted a traveled place, purely a question of law. From this order the plaintiff appealed, alleging error in granting the new trial and contending that the law was properly charged.…