Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1921

Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.

Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided June 30, 1921 · Cothran
107 S.E. 911; 116 S.C. 444; 1921 S.C. LEXIS 79 (South Eastern Reporter)

Thompson v. Greenville Traction Co.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The plaintiff, Mrs. Thompson, a passenger upon the defendant’s street car, slipped upon a banana peel and fell, sustaining personal injury, as she was alighting from the car at the Southern Railway Station in the city of Green-ville, the terminus of the line. The Circuit Judge ordered a non-suit upon the ground that there was no evidence tending to show negligence on the part of the defendant. His ruling is sustained upon the grounds stated by him. A *446 public street in a city is not to be regarded as a passenger station, for the safety of which a street railway' company npay be responsible, when used by passengers as a place to alight.

The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.

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