Legal Opinion
Woody v. South Carolina Power Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 1, 1943No. 15496PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Circuit Judge E. H. Henderson, Acting Associate Justice :
The respondent, South Carolina Power Company, maintained a line of poles and high power electric wires along the Charleston-Savannah highway near Red Top, in Charleston County. At this point the line crossed the highway on a diagonal span.
Early in the morning of August 3, 1939, a truck owned by John Brandon, who was hauling for McCeod Cumber Company, and in no way connected with the respondent, was driven in such a negligent and wrongful manner that it left the traveled portion of the highway,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Locklear v. Southeastern Stages, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Miller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Tobias v. Carolina Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Carter v. Atlantic Coast Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
- Cooper v. Richland CountySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Mickle v. BlackmonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1969
- Vinson v. HartleyCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1996
- Matthews v. PorterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- James C. Gardner v. Q. H. S., Inc., a Corporation, and J. M. Fields, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- Berry v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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