Appleby v. South Carolina & Georgia R. R.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Charleston, April, 1900. Action for damages for personal injuries by Mary K. Appleby and Peter R., her husband, against South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Co. Prom judgment on verdict for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: Under the decisions in South Carolina, compensatory and punitive damages constitute separate causes of action: 35 S. €., 47s; 37 S. C., 194; 57 S. C., 425..
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Before Gary, J., Charleston, April, 1900. Action for damages for personal injuries by Mary K. Appleby and Peter R., her husband, against South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Co. Prom judgment on verdict for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. cite: Under the decisions in South Carolina, compensatory and punitive damages constitute separate causes of action: 35 S. €., 47s; 37 S. C., 194; 57 S. C., 425.. Act of 1898 does not apply except where vindictive damages are properly claimed; here exemplary damages not alleged: 35 S. C., 381; 41 S. €., 86; 45 S. C., 278; 55 S. C., 483; 57 S. C., 433 i 75…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the 'Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
This action came on for trial before Judge Ernest Gary and a jury. The plaintiff, Mary K. Ap-pleby, has united with her 'her husband, Peter R. Appleby, “as required by law in such cases made and provided.” She demands a judgment against the defendant for $15,000. Her complaint, omitting the first article, alleging incorporation of defendant, is as follows:
'‘Second. That on the 24th day of December, 1898, the plaintiff above named, for a valuable consideration, purchased a first class ticket over the line of defendant company, for…
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