Carter V. Oliver Oil Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Richland, Action by Richard Carter against the Oliver Oil Company, commenced August 12, 1889. The judge, in granting the non-suit, said: As I collect the proof, it appears that Richard Carter was the chief hand in working the former.
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Before Wallace, J., Richland, Action by Richard Carter against the Oliver Oil Company, commenced August 12, 1889. The judge, in granting the non-suit, said: As I collect the proof, it appears that Richard Carter was the chief hand in working the former. It was his duty to reach up and get what they call the bags and throw them on that pan-shaped piece of iron there, and after he had done that, then by steam machinery the ground cotton seed was emptied on the bag, and then it was pushed. It seems to me, under these circumstances Carter was absolute master of the situation and could control…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McIver.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries sustained while in the employment of the defendant company, under the allegation that the injuries sustained resulted from the negligence of the company in furnishing the plaintiff with safe and suitable appliances to do the work for which he was employed. The testimony tends to show that plaintiff was employed by defendant to operate a machine in their oil mill, called a former, whereby the cotton seed meal was pressed into cakes; and that the work required of the…
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