Sparks v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Rice, J., Sumter, November, 1914. Action by W. E. Sparks, administrator of the estate of Eugene Sparks, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and L. C. Jones. From a judgment against the first named defendant alone, it appeals. Mr. McLemore cites: As amendment of exception: 98 S. C. 431; 49 S. C. 374; 20 S. C. 190; 34 S. C. 160; 35 S. C. 593; 60 S. C. 67. Charge: 68 S. C. 525; Labatte M. & S., secs. 2585 to 2595; 12 Mod. 488; 72 Am.
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Before Rice, J., Sumter, November, 1914. Action by W. E. Sparks, administrator of the estate of Eugene Sparks, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and L. C. Jones. From a judgment against the first named defendant alone, it appeals. Mr. McLemore cites: As amendment of exception: 98 S. C. 431; 49 S. C. 374; 20 S. C. 190; 34 S. C. 160; 35 S. C. 593; 60 S. C. 67. Charge: 68 S. C. 525; Labatte M. & S., secs. 2585 to 2595; 12 Mod. 488; 72 Am. Dec. 372; 132 Ill. 16; 22 Am. St Rep. 504; 23 N. H. 384; 104 Ala. 611; 28 L. R. A. 433; 53 Am. St. Rep. 88; 84 S. C. 546; 30 L. R. A. (N. S.)…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice; Gage;.
The appeal involves a single question of law,'and that is the liability of the master for the wilful act of the servant, under the circumstances of this case, when the jury has found the servant to be not liable for the same act. Both the master and servant were sued as joint tort feasors. The jury found, in effect, that a conductor of a rapidly moving railroad train wilfully pitched off the car a trespassing negro boy and killed him; and the jury found a verdict against the corporation master alone. The Circuit Court sustained the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carson v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
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- Carter v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Jenkins v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
- Jones v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1916
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