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SCOTT v. SOUTHERN RWY. CO.

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231 S.C. 28 (1957)

97 S.E.2d 73

JOE F. SCOTT, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Southern Railway-Carolina Division, Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 5, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Frank G. Tompkins, Jr., of Columbia, J.D. Parler, of St. George, and Barnwell & Whaley, of Charleston, for Appellants.

A.R. McGowan, Esq., of Charleston, for Respondent.

March 5, 1957.

TAYLOR, Justice.

This appeal arises out of an action brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Dorchester County to recover damages occasioned by appellants' train running into and striking respondent's car while stalled upon appellants' tracks in the Town of St. George, South Carolina.

Timely motions were made for nonsuit, directed verdict and judgment non obstante veredicto or a new trial, all of which were denied.

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