Renneker v. South Carolina Railway Co.

Citations

• 20 S.C. 219
• 1883 S.C. LEXIS 141

Syllabus

<p>1. If plaintiff was injured through the negligence of defendant, yet plaintiff could not recover damages for such injury unless he himself observed proper care and caution under the circumstances.</p> <p>2. In order to fix liability for negligence upon the.person at whose hands an injury has been received, the party injured must have exercised the care and caution of a prudent, reasonable man in possession of the ordinary senses and capacities of mankind. Proper care does not vary with the varying capacities or infirmities of men.</p> <p>3. Railway companies, though held to a high degree of care, do not insure, under all circumstances, the safety of passengers or those seeking to become passengers; their liability is conditioned on the exercise by them of reasonable and proper care and caution.</p>