Worthy v. Jonesville Oil Mill
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Action by Silas Worthy, by guardian, against Jonesville Oil Mill. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Bvidence of adding safeguards after accident incompetent: 144 U. S., 202; 30 Minn., 465. Release executed by plaintiff relieves defendant: 56 S. C., 513; 33 S. C., 561; 66 S. C., 82; 38 S. C., 199. Contract of minor is only voidable: 27 S. C„ 302; 3 Rich., 165; 3 A. & E. Am.
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Action by Silas Worthy, by guardian, against Jonesville Oil Mill. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. cite: Bvidence of adding safeguards after accident incompetent: 144 U. S., 202; 30 Minn., 465. Release executed by plaintiff relieves defendant: 56 S. C., 513; 33 S. C., 561; 66 S. C., 82; 38 S. C., 199. Contract of minor is only voidable: 27 S. C„ 302; 3 Rich., 165; 3 A. & E. Am. Cas-, 592; 3 Brev., 401; 16 Ency., 288; 1 E. R. A., 525. Rule as to contributory negligence on part of minor applies here: 25 S. C., 25; 27 S. C., 463; 70 S. C., 550; 7 A. & E. E., 408; 1 A. & E. Ann.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
While plaintiff was engaged as a laborer feeding cotton seed cakes to the mill which ground them into meal, his arm was caught in the machinery and so mangled that it became necessary to amputate it. He recovered judgment against defendant cotton oil mill company for five hundred dollars damages, under the allegation that the injury was caused by the negligence of the defendant in the following particulars: “In failure to inform, plaintiff of the danger attendant upon his work, he being a new hand and unacquainted with said danger. In…
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