Plunkett v. Clearwater Bleachery & Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gage, J., Aiken, Fall term, 1906. Action by Herman Plunkett, by guardian ad litem, against Clearwater Bleaching and Manufacturing Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Evidence as to repairs after accident incompetent: 51 S'. C., 22-9; 21 Ency., 520; Wig. on Ev., sec. 283; 36 Am.' R., 595; 18 Am.
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Before Gage, J., Aiken, Fall term, 1906. Action by Herman Plunkett, by guardian ad litem, against Clearwater Bleaching and Manufacturing Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Evidence as to repairs after accident incompetent: 51 S'. C., 22-9; 21 Ency., 520; Wig. on Ev., sec. 283; 36 Am.' R., 595; 18 Am. R., 307; 21 L. T. R., 263; 144 U. S., 202; 191 U. S., 69; 91 Cal., 49; 139 Cal., 340; 108 N. Y., 151; 157 Mass., 418 ; 29 Aitl., 408; 116 Ga., 164; 202 Fa. St., 274. Evidence as to subsequent condition of machine was admitted to show condition of machine and to…
1Opinion of the Court
May 13, 1908. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, through the negligence and wilful misconduct of the defendant, a corporation engaged in the business of bleaching cotton goods.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff, on the 14th of November, 1905, was in the employ of the defendant as a laborer, his duty being the steering in of cloth for the soaper, which is not a dangerous position, but that on said day the defendant transferred him to another room, with which he was wholly unacquainted, and failed to…
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- Gwynn v. Citizens' Telephone Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Colvin v. McCormick Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Keys v. Winnsboro Granite Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Pooler v. SmithSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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