Quinn v. South Carolina Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Fraser, J., Charleston, This was an action by Thomas Quinn against the South Carolina Railway Company, to recover forty thousand dollars dam-, ages, under the facts stated in the opinion. The charge to the jury consisted of the requests to charge and the remarks of the judge thereon, but excepting those stated in the opinion, they are not necessary to a proper understanding of the points decided.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action against the defendant company to recover damages for a personal injury. The plaintiff complained “that on October 5, 1886, the defendant received the plaintiff into one of their passenger cars for the purpose of conveying him therein and upon said railroad as a passenger, from the city of Augusta, Georgia., to Charleston for fare paid by the plaintiff to the defendant. That on October 6, 1886, while the plaintiff was in such car on said railroad, being so conveyed near the depot of the said railway company at…
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