Powers v. Standard Oil Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Klugh, J., Richland, November, 1897. Action by Jerome W. Powers v. Standard Oil Co., for damages for personal injury.
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Before Klugh, J., Richland, November, 1897. Action by Jerome W. Powers v. Standard Oil Co., for damages for personal injury. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Non-suit should have been granted on account of admissions of plaintiff: 21 S. C., 542. cite: First exception too general: 30 S. C., 167; 43 S. C., 99; 48 S- C., 321, 431; 49 S. C., 357. Nonsuit will not be granted when there is any evidence tending to prove plaintiff'1 s case: 50 S. C., 556. Failure to provide safe and suitable appliances is negligence on part of master: 18 S. C., 262, 281; 34 S. C., 216. Whether…
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The opinion of the Court was delivered-by
Mr. Justice Jones.
This appeal is from a judgment on verdict against the defendant for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff, while in the defendant’s employ, by reason of defendant’s negligence in keeping an unsafe elevated planlcway, along which plaintiff was required to walk in the discharge of his- duty as employee, which plankway, being rotten, gave way under *360plaintiff, causing him to fall some distance.to the ground, resulting in the injuries complained of.
1 2 The first exception complains of error in admitting…
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