Leonard v. Georgetown County

Taylor, Justice.

This appeal is from an Order of the Circuit Court reversing the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the South Carolina Industrial Commission and ordering that respondents, the next of kin of the deceased Charles Howard Watson, have judgment against appellants for the maximum benefits payable under the South Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1952, § 72-1 et seq., and all medical, surgical, hospital and doctors’ bills.

Mr. Charles Watson at the time of the accident complained of was foreman of a Georgetown County chain gang and, being unmarried, had no home except…