Ballinger v. Southern Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson, J., Spartanburg, November, 1916. Action by Fred. B. Ballenger against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. . . . cite: As to contracts to release: 56 U. S. L. Ed. 916; Richey Fed.
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Before Wilson, J., Spartanburg, November, 1916. Action by Fred. B. Ballenger against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. . . . cite: As to contracts to release: 56 U. S. L. Ed. 916; Richey Fed. Riability Act, 66; 55 R. Ed. 336; 59 R. Ed. 1165; R. R. A. 1916d, 646; 180 Fed. 832; 113 C. C. A. 379; 192 Fed. 901; 152 Fed. 211; 31 R. R. A. (N. S.) 7. Fraud: 81 S. E. 918; 33 R. Ed. 396; 42 S. E. 614; 73 S. E. 216; 6 R. R. A. 149; R. R. A. 1916d, 144, 147; 4 DeS: 698; 13 R. Ed. 55; 50 R. R. A. (N. S.) 1091; 91 S. C. 332; 224 Fed. 196; 20 R. R. A. (N. S.) 915.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, through the wrongful acts of the defendant; and the appeal is from an order directing a verdict in favor of the defendant.
The allegations of the complaint, material to the questions involved, are as follows: That on or about the 23d of February, 1914, plaintiff was in the employ of the'defendant in the capacity of a brakeman on a local freight train, which was running from Spartanburg Junction, S. C., to Asheville, N. C., engaged in interstate…
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