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JACKS v. TOWNSEND ET AL.

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228 S.C. 26 (1955)

88 S.E.2d 776

TOM RAY JACKS, Appellant, v. C.P. TOWNSEND, MRS. C.P. TOWNSEND and One 1950 DeSoto, carrying S.C. License No. E-32575, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 10, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W. Paul Culbertson and Marshall W. Abercrombie, of Laurens, for Appellant.

Messrs. Blackwell, Sullivan & Wilson, of Laurens, for Respondents.

August 10, 1955.

LEGGE, Justice.

This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in an automobile accident caused by the negligence and wilfulness of the defendant Mrs. C.P. Townsend in stopping her codefendant's automobile on a paved highway just over the crest of a hill, as the result of which the plaintiff, driving up and over the hill, was suddenly forced to turn abruptly to the left to avoid a collision, and his car, skidding...

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