Beylot v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Frank; B. Gary, J., Charleston, May, 1912. Action by Caroline M. Beylot against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. The Circuit decree appealed from is: “Briefly stated, this is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover an amount alleged to be due her by reason of the fact that her son, Marion J. Beylot, was killed while he was a member of the relief fund of the relief department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, she being the beneficiary.
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Before Frank; B. Gary, J., Charleston, May, 1912. Action by Caroline M. Beylot against Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co. The Circuit decree appealed from is: “Briefly stated, this is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover an amount alleged to be due her by reason of the fact that her son, Marion J. Beylot, was killed while he was a member of the relief fund of the relief department of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, she being the beneficiary. “The answer of the defendant states substantially that the said Marion J. Beylot was a member of said relief fund; was in the employ of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Fraser.
The respondent thus states this case:
“This action was commenced on the 15th day of July, 1911. The suit is by the beneficiary named in the contract of Marion J. Beylot, deceased, who was a member of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company Relief Department, and is brought to recover two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars death benefits under said contract. Marion J. Bey-lot was an employee in'the service of the-Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and as such, became a member of said relief department and was killed on the 19th…
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