Privette v. South Carolina State Forestry Commission

Moss, Chief Justice:

This case arose under the South Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act, Section 72-1 et seq., of the Code. There is here involved an appeal by the State Forestry Commission and the State Workmen’s Compensation Fund from the order of the circuit judge affirming an award of the S. C. Industrial Commission in favor of Levine L. Privette, the respondent herein.

The S. C. State Forestry Commission has under its control some 90,000 acres of land known as Sand Hills State Forest, located in Chesterfield and Darlington counties. Its operation involves the growing of timber, wildlife…