ATLANTIC COAST LINE v. FORD

No. 194.

287 U.S. 502 (1933)

ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. ET AL. v. FORD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry E. Davis, with whom Messrs. F.B. Grier and Thomas W. Davis were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. W.C. Davis for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action brought by appellee in a South Carolina state court of first instance against the railroad company and its engineer to recover for injuries said to have been sustained by her as the result of a collision at a public highway crossing between an automobile in which she was riding and a passenger train of the company. The complaint alleges several grounds of negligence, but the only one necessary...

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