Berley v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Richland, summer term, 1908. Action by Samuel Berley against Western Union Telegraph Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Master is not liable for negligence of fellow servants: 18 S. C., 262, 275; 22 S. C., 557; 28 S. C., 529; 39 S. C., 509; 70 S. C., 95; 71 S. C., 53; 72 S. C., 238; 61 S. C., 475 ; 71 S. C„ 56; 58 R. R. A., 508; 51 R. R. A., 513; 160 Mass., 152; 44 N. Y. Supp., 1; 86 Pa., 439; 34 N. E., 185. Plaintiff is bound by…
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Before Gary, J., Richland, summer term, 1908. Action by Samuel Berley against Western Union Telegraph Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Master is not liable for negligence of fellow servants: 18 S. C., 262, 275; 22 S. C., 557; 28 S. C., 529; 39 S. C., 509; 70 S. C., 95; 71 S. C., 53; 72 S. C., 238; 61 S. C., 475 ; 71 S. C„ 56; 58 R. R. A., 508; 51 R. R. A., 513; 160 Mass., 152; 44 N. Y. Supp., 1; 86 Pa., 439; 34 N. E., 185. Plaintiff is bound by his allegations: 45 S. C., 278; 55 S. C., 483. Foreman is fellow servant: 1 L'abatt on M. & S., 1129; 168 U. S., 85; 45…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The plaintiff recovered judgment against defendant for $1,000 in this action for damages for personal injuries resulting from the falling of a defective pole which cast him to the ground while employed as a lineman on one of defendant’s telegraph lines near Martins-ville, Va.
The act of negligence alleged in the complaint is that the defendant failed to provide plaintiff a. safe place to work, “the said pole on which he was required to work being de cayed and incapable of sustaining the weight of a man working thereon.”
Defendant, in…
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