Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.

107 S.E. 911, 116 S.C. 444, 1921 S.C. LEXIS 79

CourtSupreme Court of South Carolina

DecidedJune 30, 1921

Docket10669

StatusPublished

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Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co., 107 S.E. 911, 116 S.C. 444, 1921 S.C. LEXIS 79 (S.C. 1921).

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Opinion

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Thompson, a passenger upon the defendant’s street car, slipped upon a banana peel and fell, sustaining personal injury, as she was alighting from the car at the Southern Railway Station in the city of Green-ville, the terminus of the line. The Circuit Judge ordered a non-suit upon the ground that there was no evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant. His ruling is sustained upon the grounds stated by him. A *446 public street in a city is not to be regarded as a passenger station, for the safety of which a street railway' company npay be responsible, when used by passengers as a place to alight.

The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.

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The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Thompson, a passenger upon the defendant’s street car, slipped upon a banana peel and fell, sustaining personal injury, as she was alighting from the car at the Southern Railway Station in the city of Green-ville, the terminus of the line. The Circuit Judge ordered a non-suit upon the ground that there was no evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant. His ruling is sustained upon the grounds stated by him. A *446 public street in a city is not to be regarded as a passenger station, for the safety of which a street railway' company npay be responsible, when used by passengers as a place to alight.

The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.

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107 S.E. 911, 116 S.C. 444, 1921 S.C. LEXIS 79, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/thompson-v-greenville-traction-co-sc-1921.