Blakely v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice W. C. Cothran.

A store building, a garage, and a meat market were destroyed by fire on February 29, 1932,- at Lanes, Williams-burg County. The owner of these buildings was of the -opinion that the fire was caused by a locomotive engine of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and brought his suit for damages in the Court of Common Pleas upon that theory; the cause being tried before Circuit Judge Stoll and a jury at Kingstree, on May 2, 1933. Motions for nonsuit and directed verdict were made in due course by the…