NELSON v. CHARLESTON & W.C. RY. CO.

17306

231 S.C. 351 (1957)

98 S.E.2d 798

W.R. NELSON, as Administrator of the Estate of Billie Baker Turner, Respondent, v. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 10, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. A.C. Todd, of Greenwood, and Warren & Warren, of Hampton, for Appellant.

Messrs. W. Brantley Harvey, of Beaufort, and Randolph Murdaugh, of Hampton, for Respondent.

Messrs. A.C. Todd, of Greenwood, and Warren & Warren, of Hampton, for Appellant, in Reply.


June 10, 1957

OXNER, Justice.

This is an action to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Mrs. Billie Baker Turner. About 12:10 A.M. on August 23, 1950, an automobile driven by her collided with a freight train of the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company at a spur track crossing on U. S. Highway No. 21, approximately four miles north of the town of Beaufort. Her husband, who was riding with...

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