Miles v. Charleston Light & Water Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVore, J., Charleston, April, 1909. Action by John Allen Miles against Charleston Light and Water Co. From order sustaining demurrer in part both parties appeal. cite: Demurrer should not have-been sustained to a part of the cause of action: 64 S. C. 389..
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Before DeVore, J., Charleston, April, 1909. Action by John Allen Miles against Charleston Light and Water Co. From order sustaining demurrer in part both parties appeal. cite: Demurrer should not have-been sustained to a part of the cause of action: 64 S. C. 389.. Order ref using to .require plaintiff to-make his complaint more definite is not appealable until final judgment: 20 S. E., 790; 60 S. C., 521. The contract is only referred to to show the relation between the parties, but the action is based on tort: 6 S. C. 130; 54 S. C. 498; 172 Pa. St. 489; 16 Ency. 389. cite: The complaint…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones.
Plaintiff, as the owner of a dwelling and office in the city of Charleston, brought this action against the defendant, a public service water company, under contract to supply plaintiff through pipes installed in his house with water suitable for drinking, bathing and all other purposes "under reasonable pressure, to recover damages for negligently and wantonly supplying water of a harmful and injurious character and at such high and abnormal pressure as to corrode and injure the pipes so that one of them burst and thereby…
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