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JONES v. SOUTHERN RWY. CO.

17756

238 S.C. 27 (1961)

118 S.E.2d 880

Wayne JONES, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 15, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Frank G. Tompkins, Jr., John Gregg McMaster, and Robert J. Thomas, of Columbia, and William R. Gettys, of Camden, for Appellant.

Messrs. John C. West, Frank E. Rector, and Harold W. Funderburk, of Camden, and John A. Martin, of Winnsboro, for Respondent.

Messrs. Frank G. Tompkins, Jr., John Gregg McMaster and Robert J. Thomas, of Columbia, and William R. Gettys, of Camden, for Appellant, in Reply.

March 15, 1961.

LEGGE, Justice.

Shortly after midnight on October 18, 1957, a tractor-trailer being driven by the plaintiff southward on U.S. Highway No. 521, in a dense fog, struck a moving freight train of the defendant at a crossing some three miles south of Camden, S.C. He brought this action for damages for personal injuries sustained in the collision, which he alleged had resulted from negligence and willfulness...

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