Bush v. Southern Ry.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Richland, summer term, 1901. Action by Green B. Bush against Southern Railway Co. From judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cite: Possession of an engine is prima facie proof of ownership: 19 Fney., 53; 1 Green. Ev., par. 34; Abbott’s Trial Ev., p. 623; 1 Smith’s Reading Cases, 473; 35 Maine, 150; 16 Am. Dec., 727; 46 Am. Dec., 323; 65 Am.
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Before Gary, J., Richland, summer term, 1901. Action by Green B. Bush against Southern Railway Co. From judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cite: Possession of an engine is prima facie proof of ownership: 19 Fney., 53; 1 Green. Ev., par. 34; Abbott’s Trial Ev., p. 623; 1 Smith’s Reading Cases, 473; 35 Maine, 150; 16 Am. Dec., 727; 46 Am. Dec., 323; 65 Am. Dec., 699; 4 Rich., 239. Not necessary for plaintiff to show absolute ownership in defendant of the engine: 2 Blackstone, 388; 17 Ency., 305; 64 Mo., 112; 40 N. W., 146; 44 Conn., 291; 60 S. C., 293; 50 S. C., 556; 53 S. C., 358; 39 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
1 This action was brought to recover damages by fire alleged to have been communicated to plaintiff’s property by defendant’s locomotive engine, and the appeal now comes from an order of nonsuit. The nonsuit was granted on the ground that there was no evidence tending to show that the damage was caused by the defendant’s' engine. This we think was error. There was evidence tending to show that in July, 1900, at Hopkins, in Richland County, a station on the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad, fire was communicated to and destroyed a…
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