Free v. Parr Shoals Power Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Mauldin, J., Fairfield, - term. Action by C. M. Free against the Parr Shoals Power Co. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Before Mauldin, J., Fairfield, - term. Action by C. M. Free against the Parr Shoals Power Co. Verdict for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Mr. Herbert submits: That the only damages for which defendant would have to answer would be damages affecting the .plaintiff specially and peculiarly, and not general damages: 54 S. C. 242; 32 S. E. 358; 46 S. C. 327. There was no evidence to go to the jury tending to show that any act done by the defendant was the proximate cause of any of the alleged injuries sustained by the plaintiff: 94 S. C. 934; 103 Va. 64, 66; 48 S. E. 508; 95 S. E. 183; 100 Va.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages to land alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, through the negligence of the defendant, in the construction of a dam.
The following statement appears in the record:
“The plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he was the owner of a tract of land of 209 acres near Broad River, in Fairfield county, and that on or about the 15th of May, 1914, the defendant closed its dam at Parr Shoals, thereby causing a great ponding of water in the vicinity of plaintiff’s lands, which caused the breeding of…
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- Wallace v. ColumbiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1891
- Baltzeger v. Car. Midland Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1899
- Jones v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Leitzsey v. Columbia Water Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1896
- Woods v. Rock Hill Fertilizer Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1915
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