Sharpton v. Augusta & Aiken Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, ]., Aiken, winter term, 1905. Action by B. C. Sharpton against Augusta and Aiken Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The third request of the plaintiff, referred to in the fourteenth exception, is as follows: “3d.
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Before Townsend, ]., Aiken, winter term, 1905. Action by B. C. Sharpton against Augusta and Aiken Railway Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. The third request of the plaintiff, referred to in the fourteenth exception, is as follows: “3d. If the jury should find that those in charge of the electric car in question failed to keep an ordinary lookout for persons upon the track, or that they failed to give such signals as would have given a warning of the approach of said car, and that the injury of the plaintiff (if he has been injured at all) was caused thereby, and that such…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The allegations of the complaint that are material in considering the questions presented by the exceptions are as follows: “That on the evening of the 13th of April, 1903, the plaintiff being at Bath, and desiring to go to Bangley, as a passenger on the said railway and its cars, approached one of its regular stopping places near a public crossing; that is to say, a public place traveled by the public and a public crossing, being known as Nellom’s Crossing, and that, arriving at said station where the cars of said railway were…
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- Boggero v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1902
- Kennedy v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- State v. RhodesSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
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