Matthews v. Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co.

82 S.E. 138, 98 S.C. 204, 1914 S.C. LEXIS 8

• Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
• Decided: July 16, 1914
• Docket: 8882
• Status: Published

Opinion

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for two hundred dollars for the killing- of a mule on October 23, 1912, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the. plaintiff for full amount sued for. The defendant appeals and by their exceptions make the following- points: First. The killing of the stock was due to an unavoidable accident. Second. The verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. Third. The only evidence in the case showing how stock was killed showed without conflict that there was no negligence on the part of the defendant. Fourth. There was no evidence to support the verdict.

All the points made in this case were fully considered by this Court in the case of McLeod v. Railroad Co., 93 S. C. 71, 76 S. E. 19, 705, and decided in that case. The effort in this appeal is to practically have the Court to overrule the principles therein announced and we see no reason to do so. The exceptions are overruled and judgment affirmed.