Norris v. Greenville, S. & A. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Greenwood, Spring term, 1918. Action by J. M. Norris, administrator of the estate of Harvey Norris, deceased, against the Greenville, Spartan-burg & Anderson Railway Company, and by O. D. Norris against the same defendant. The two actions were tried together by consent of counsel. Verdict for $12,000 in the first case, and for $350 in the. second, and the railroad company appeals. These two actions were tried together by consent of counsel.
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Before Shipp, J., Greenwood, Spring term, 1918. Action by J. M. Norris, administrator of the estate of Harvey Norris, deceased, against the Greenville, Spartan-burg & Anderson Railway Company, and by O. D. Norris against the same defendant. The two actions were tried together by consent of counsel. Verdict for $12,000 in the first case, and for $350 in the. second, and the railroad company appeals. These two actions were tried together by consent of counsel. The first is for damages alleged to have resulted from the wrongful acts of the defendant in causing the death of Harvey Norris,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.
1 First, second and third exceptions: These exceptions cannot be sustained, for the reason that not only is the conscious invasion of the rights of another in a wanton, wilful, and reckless manner an act of wrong, but also when the wrongdoer does not actually realize that he is invading the rights of another, provided the act is committed in such a manner that a person of ordinary reason and prudence would say that it was a reckless disregard of another’s rights.
Fourth and fifty exceptions: The defendant’s request, which was not…
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