Dutton v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Decision Date | 14 March 1916 |
Docket Number | 9330. |
Parties | DUTTON v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. ET AL. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Sumter County; H. F. Rice Judge.
Action by Ella Dutton, as administratrix of the Estate of Lee Dutton, deceased, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and others. Judgment for the plaintiff against the named defendant, and it appeals. Affirmed.
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Cato v. Atlanta & C.A.L. Ry. Co.
... ... C ... Cato, deceased, against the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line ... Railway Company and another. From judgment for plaintiff, ... 710 (affirmed in 233 U.S. 85, 34 S.Ct. 566, 58 L.Ed. 860); ... Dutton v. Atlantic Coast Line Ry. Co., 104 S.C. 16, ... 88 S.E. 263 ... ...
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Bell v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
... ... considering this question it should be remembered that cases ... tried under the Federal Employers' Liability Act are to ... be determined with respect to the form of action, sufficiency ... of pleading, and rules of evidence by the law of the state ... where the cause is tried. See Dutton v. Railroad ... Company, 104 S.C. 31, 88 S.E. 263; McNiel v ... Holbrook, 12 Pet. 89, 9 L.Ed. 1011; Central Vt. R ... R. v. White, 238 U.S. 507, 35 S.Ct. 865, 59 L.Ed. 1433, ... Ann. Cas. 1916B, 252. See Randall v. Railroad ... Company. 109 U.S. 478, 3 S.Ct. 322, 324; 27 L.Ed. 1003, ... ...
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Driggers v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
... ... Air Line Railway Co., 99 S.C. 364, 83 S.E. 633, affirmed ... by United States Supreme Court 236 U.S. 668, 35 S.Ct. 481, 59 ... L.Ed. 777; Squire v. Southern Railway Co., 109 S.C ... 400, 96 S.E. 152; Thornton v. Seaboard Air Line Railway ... Co., 98 S.C. 348, 82 S.E. 433; Dutton Atlantic Coast ... Line Railroad Co., 104 S.C. 16, 88 S.E. 263, affirmed by ... United States Supreme Court, 245 U.S. 637, 38 S.Ct. 191, 62 ... L.Ed. 525 ... In the ... Dutton Case, supra, affirmed by the United States Supreme ... Court, this court held that the "scintilla ... ...
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James v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
... ... not be disturbed by this Court on appeal unless it can be ... shown that there has been an abuse of discretion, a ... commission of legal error in its exercise, and that the ... rights of the appellant have been thereby prejudiced ... In ... Dutton v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., 104 S.C ... 16, 29, 88 S.E. 263, 266, it is also said: "*** The ... relevancy of the testimony is left, in large measure, to the ... discretion of the presiding judge, and his ruling will not be ... reversed on appeal, unless it clearly appears that his ... ...