Wilson v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before J., Charleston, Action by Lizzie Wilson, administratrix of Wm. Wilson, against Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Before J., Charleston, Action by Lizzie Wilson, administratrix of Wm. Wilson, against Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Mr. Hyde cites: Danger was obious and have been known by deceased: 71 S. C., 53; 75 S. C., 489. Parties at zwrk were fellow'-servants and question zuas for Judge: 75' S. C., 489; 71 S. C., 53; 51 S. €., 79; 56 S. C., 446; 78 S. C., 864, 837; 57 S. C., 896. If only one inference can be drazm from evidence question of negligence is for court: 51 .S. C., 896. Messrs. Jervey & Cohen cite: Was the employee zPhose negligence caused the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
MR. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of William Wilson, recovered judgment against the defendant for fifteen hundred dollars, under these allegations charging the intestate’s death to have been caused by defendant’s negligence: “That on or about the 14th day of March, 1906, the plaintiff’s intestate was in the employ of the defendant company and was actively engaged in his duties, which consisted in shoveling up scattered phosphate rock from the space in front of the door of a certain building into which phosphate rock was…
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