Seyle v. Charleston Terminal Co.
Citation | 95 S.E. 178,109 S.C. 99 |
Decision Date | 04 January 1918 |
Docket Number | 9839. |
Parties | SEYLE v. CHARLESTON TERMINAL CO. |
Court | United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Charleston County; I. W Bowman, Judge.
Action by John F. Seyle, as administrator of John H. Seyle, against the Charleston Terminal Company. From judgment for defendant plaintiff appeals. Judgment reversed, and case remanded for new trial.
Logan & Grace, of Charleston, for appellant.
Mitchell & Smith and Mordecai, Gadsden & Rutledge, all of Charleston for respondent.
This case has been heard in the circuit court, on four separate occasions, when called for trial. It was heard the first time at the January term of the court in 1916, but upon motion was withdrawn from the jury. When it was heard the second time his honor, the presiding judge, granted an order of nonsuit in favor of the defendant. On the third hearing there was a mistrial, and on the fourth hearing there was another order of nonsuit in favor of the defendant. There was an appeal from the first order of nonsuit, which was reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial. 106 S.C. 215, 90 S.E. 1016. After the case was remanded, the defendant was allowed to amend its complaint, by alleging as a defense that the defendant was engaged in interstate commerce, at the time of the injury.
At the close of the testimony, the defendant's attorneys made a motion for the direction of a verdict, on the following grounds:
In granting the motion, his honor, the presiding judge, stated to the jury:
The plaintiff's testimony upon the last trial...
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