Cobb v. D.C. & G. R. Co
Citation | 15 S.E. 878,37 S.C. 194 |
Court | United States State Supreme Court of South Carolina |
Decision Date | 26 September 1892 |
Parties | Cobb v. Columbia & G. R. Co. |
Railroads—Frightening Horse—Misconduct or Trainmen—Damages—Exemplary and Actual.
1. Where an action is for exemplary damages, no recovery can be had for actual damages. Mclver, C. J., dissenting.
2. A railroad company is liable for the misconduct of an engineer in unnecessarily, willfully, and maliciously sounding the whittle and blowing off steam, so as to frighten a
horse, and cause him to run away; but not for the misconduct of the trainmen in shouting and yelling at the said horse.
Appeal from common pleas circuit court of Abbeville county; J. B. Kershaw, Judge.
Action by Butler W. Cobb against the Columbia & Greenville Railroad Company lor injury to plaintiff's horse, alleged to have been caused by the engineer unnecessarily, willfully, and maliciously sounding the whistle and blowing off steam, and the willful, wrongful, and malicious shouting of the crew, whereby the said horse became frightened and ran away. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals. Reversed.
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