GOSSETT v. PIEDMONT & N. RY. CO.

18017

241 S.C. 501 (1963)

129 S.E.2d 326

A. C. GOSSETT d/b/a Gossett Pipe Company, Respondent, v. PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant. Ernest BLAKELEY and United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, Respondents, v. PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Haynsworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion & Johnstone, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Messrs. Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, of Greenville, for Respondents.


January 22, 1963.

BRAILSFORD, Justice.

These actions for personal injury and for property damage, incurred in a daytime crossing collision between a truck and a locomotive, were tried together in the court below and resulted in verdicts in favor of Blakely, the driver of the truck, and of Gossett, its owner. The railway company has appealed on one record. The sole issue here is whether verdicts should have been directed for the defendant upon the ground that...

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