The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-14
A 100000 SUIT.
BIG DAMAGES ALLEGED AGAINST
\. &. l.. BN .iTOR
OF ESTATE OF l.. v.
BROWN.
suit Brought Against Railroad, ana
Engineer and Conductor of Freight
Train Which Struck and Killed
Brown at Lynchburg on November
18th.

One of the biggest damage suits
ever brought in this county is that in
which the complaints were served by
the sheriff Wednesday and is the
case Of S. w. Frierson, administrator
of the estate of l.. V. Brown. deceas-
ed, against the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company, F.. Z. Holman,
conductor on an Atlantic Coast Line
freight train. and ]. w. Johnson, en-
gineer of the same train.
The suit is for 100000 and the
complaint alleged that l.. V. Brown
came TO his death by the negligent,
careless. wilful. and wanton conduct
of the railroad company and the CO.
defendants.
The suit was filed Wednesday in
the clerks Office and the papers in
the suit were given over to the sher-
iff to be served. The case will pro-
badly come up at the spring term of
court in 1913 and OF course will at
tract great amount of attention be-
cause Of the large amount OF damages
sued for.
The attorneys for S. w. Frierson.
the administrator of the estate of L.
V. Brown, are T. G. Mcleod Of Bis
hopville and L. ID. Jennings and r. H.
Epps OF Sumter. The action is
brought in this county, although the
accident resulting in Mr.. Browns
death occurred in Lee County and
the coroner's inquest was held In that
county. where Mr.. Brown was liv-
ing.
In the complaint ii Is alleged that
Brown. on the 18th day OF Novem-
Der. had gone to the passenger sta
tiOn Of the Atlantic Coast Line at
Lynchburg. had purchased ticket
for'Sumter and as the passenger train
approached went out on the yard at
the usual place where passengers
alighted from the train and went to
get on trains While here a freight
train was backed on a track between
the one on which the passenger train
was coming in and the station, strik-
ing Brown and mangling his body in
such way as to cause death in a
few minutes. IL is alleged that there
was no warning OF the intention Of
the freight to back along this track
and that the noise Of the advancing
passenger train made it impossible to
hear the noise made by the backing
freight train; that there was viola
tiOn Of the rules OF the company in
that no one gave any warning and no
one was on the rear Of the train to
warn persons Of the approach Of the
freight train; that there was cross
ing few yards from where the ac-
cident took place and that no warn
ing signals were given at this cross
ing in violation of the rules of the
company. A summary Of the allie
cations made in the complaint is in
effect that: The injuries done the
said l.. v. Brown were due, caused
and occasioned by the separate, sew
eral. joint. and concurrent acts and
omission Of each and every one of the
defendants. rs aforesaid, all Of which
were done by the defendants in a
negligent, careless. wilful and wan
ton manner, and in utter disregard of
the life and safety. and of the rights
of the plaintiffs intestatc and OF the
public. and all to the damage OF the
plaintiff in the sum of one Hun
dred Thousand dollars.
The complaint states that Brown
died intestatc and leaves a wife,
Mrs. Hattie Il. Brown, and three
children. Annie Lima Brown, Rod
dy NJ. Brown and L. v. Brown.