Richardson v. Union Seed & Fertilizer Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Whaley, County Judge, Richland, 11th July, 1918. Action by Paul Richardson against the Union Seed & Fertilizer Company.
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Before Whaley, County Judge, Richland, 11th July, 1918. Action by Paul Richardson against the Union Seed & Fertilizer Company. Judgment of nonsuit, and plaintiff appeals. submit: The servant has the right to assume that the master has furnished suitable appliances, and he may proceed to work with such appliances unless the same are so obviously defective that no ordinarily prudent man would undertake to use the same: 85 S. C. 372; 82 S. C. 548; 84 S. C. 354. The facts of this case are easily distinguishable from the facts upon which the lazv was enunciated in the case of Wofford v. Clinton…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This is an appeal from an order of nonsuit as to the first cause of action set out in the complaint herein by County Judge Whaley upon trial in Richland county Court in July, 1918. The injury plaintiff complained of in the action arose from paint getting into his eyes, at the mill of defendant, in the city of Columbia. The plaintiff alleged two specifications of negligence: (-1) In failing to furnish him with safe; suitable, and proper tools and appliances to do the work required of him, in that the paintbrush wa.s old, worn, and…
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