Wingo v. Inman Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Spartanburg. Action of W. P. Wfingo against Inman Mills. From judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals.
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Before Prince, J., Spartanburg. Action of W. P. Wfingo against Inman Mills. From judgment of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. Mr. Evans cites: It is duty of master to furnish safe place: 69 N. E., 12 ; 76 S. W., 520; 69 S. C., 101; 40 S. C., 104; 52 S. C., 445; 60 S. C., 18; 54 S. C., 498; 72 S. C., 263; 73 S. C., 268; 65 S. C., 444, 104; 72 S. C., 351; 37 S. C., 199; 35 S. C., 486. 493; 74 S. C., 391. Cases where nonsuit was improper: 65 S. C., 128; 35 S. C., 493; 74 S. C., 102, 322.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The plaintiff sues to recover damages for personal injuries, caused by a fall from a scaffold in defendant’s mill. The complaint alleges, that in order to have some work done on overhead pipes, the defendant had built a scaffold which was crudely and improperly constructed, and too low to enable workmen standing on it to reach the pipes; that to malee the structure high enough the defendant placed boxes on top of the scaffold, that the defendant, through Sewell, its master mechanic and representative, ordered plaintiff, a carpenter in…
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- Montgomery v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1906
- Johnson v. Southern RailwaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1898
- Charping v. Toxaway MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Scott v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
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