Holladay v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Holladay v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

147 S.E. 927, 150 S.C. 243, 1929 S.C. LEXIS 135

CourtSupreme Court of South Carolina

DecidedApril 12, 1929

Docket12641

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Holladay v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, 147 S.E. 927, 150 S.C. 243, 1929 S.C. LEXIS 135 (S.C. 1929).

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*244 The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Brease.

Action by plaintiff for actual and punitive damages sustained by him on account of the loss of the services of his minor son, and other damages incident to the physical injuries of his son, growing out of a collision of an automobile in which plaintiff’s son was riding, at a traveled place, with an engine and train of cars of the defendant. Upon the completion of the evidence for the plaintiff, the trial Judge ordered a nonsuit. He based the order upon the fact that the crossing at which the accident occurred was not a public highway, but only a private crossing, and upon the authority of the case of B. & O. R. R. Co. v. Goodman, 275 U. S., 66, 48 S. Ct., 24, 72 L. Ed., 167, 56 A. L. R., 645. The plaintiff appeals from the directed verdict against him.

This Court decided, in Key v. Railroad Co., 147 S. E., 625, that the Goodman case was not authority in the Courts of South Carolina. Since the judgment below is to be reversed, it is best that this Court not go into’ the facts of the case. We content ourselves by saying that the evidence favorable to the plaintiff’s cause of action was sufficient to require that the case be submitted to the jury.

• The judgment below is reversed, and the cause is remanded for a new trial.

Mr. Chief Justice Watts and Messrs. Justices Stabrer and Carter concur.

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*244 The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Brease.

Action by plaintiff for actual and punitive damages sustained by him on account of the loss of the services of his minor son, and other damages incident to the physical injuries of his son, growing out of a collision of an automobile in which plaintiff’s son was riding, at a traveled place, with an engine and train of cars of the defendant. Upon the completion of the evidence for the plaintiff, the trial Judge ordered a nonsuit. He based the order upon the fact that the crossing at which the accident occurred was not a public highway, but only a private crossing, and upon the authority of the case of B. & O. R. R. Co. v. Goodman, 275 U. S., 66, 48 S. Ct., 24, 72 L. Ed., 167, 56 A. L. R., 645. The plaintiff appeals from the directed verdict against him.

This Court decided, in Key v. Railroad Co., 147 S. E., 625, that the Goodman case was not authority in the Courts of South Carolina. Since the judgment below is to be reversed, it is best that this Court not go into’ the facts of the case. We content ourselves by saying that the evidence favorable to the plaintiff’s cause of action was sufficient to require that the case be submitted to the jury.

• The judgment below is reversed, and the cause is remanded for a new trial.

Mr. Chief Justice Watts and Messrs. Justices Stabrer and Carter concur.

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