Leopard v. Laurens Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Laurens, September term, 1907. Action by H. Y. Leopard, by guardian, against Laurens Cotton Mills. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs.
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Before Gary, J., Laurens, September term, 1907. Action by H. Y. Leopard, by guardian, against Laurens Cotton Mills. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Messrs. Ferguson & Featherstone cite: Franks was á fellow-servant of plaintiff and defendant is not liable for his negligence here: 71 S. C., 56; 72 S. C., 242; 168 U. S., 86; 149 U. S., 368; Woods on M. & S., secs. 438, 448; 64 N. Y., 5; 100 U. S., 213; 76 S. C., 452; 78 S. C., 881, 413; 12 Ency., 923, 949; 18 S. C., 270; 23 S. C., 528; 1 McM., 399. Whether Franks was acting as representative of the master was for the Court: 51 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant.
The allegations of the complaint, material to the questions at issue, are as follows:(1) “That on or about the twenty-eighth day of February, nineteen hundred and three, the plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant, engaged to work at a machine used m the defendant’s said business of manufacturing cotton goods, and commonly known as string-pickers.(2) “That on or about the time aforesaid the defendant, through its…
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