Cabe, Admx. v. Ligon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memminger, J, Anderson, April term, 1920. Action by Mrs. A. A. Cabe, as Admx. of Marinda Bradley, deceased, against R. S. Ligón et al., partners as Ligón & Ledbetter, and the Petroleum Oil Co; From order overruling demurrer to the corpplaint, the defendants appeal. cite: Action was one ex contractor. 108 S. C. 72; 21 Ene.
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Before Memminger, J, Anderson, April term, 1920. Action by Mrs. A. A. Cabe, as Admx. of Marinda Bradley, deceased, against R. S. Ligón et al., partners as Ligón & Ledbetter, and the Petroleum Oil Co; From order overruling demurrer to the corpplaint, the defendants appeal. cite: Action was one ex contractor. 108 S. C. 72; 21 Ene. P. & P. 659; lb. 650; Bliss Code PI, sec. 153; 78 S. C. 163. Act makes distinction betzaeen illuminating and heating oils: 28 Stats. 204. No tort at hands of Petroleum Oil Co.: 70 S. C. 117. To do a thing that is obviously dangerous is negligence: 94 S. C. 258; 56 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.
The following statement appears in the record:
“This is an action for damages for the death of respondent's intestate, caused by an explosion of oil when she attempted to make a fire therewith, and which was purchased from the firm of Ligón & Ledbetter, who had, in turn, purchased same from Petroleum Oil Company, as is' alleged, and that her death was caused by the joint, concurrent, and several negligence of the appellants, as a result of the sale to her by the firm of Ligón & Ledbetter of defective oil, and which in turn had…
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