Tucker v. Clinton Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, ]., Laurens, Spring term, 1912. Action by Nannie Tucker, administratrix of Thomas Tucker, against Clinton Cotton Mills.
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Before Prince, ]., Laurens, Spring term, 1912. Action by Nannie Tucker, administratrix of Thomas Tucker, against Clinton Cotton Mills. Plaintiff appeals. cite: 25 S. C. 28; 66 S. C. 47; 84 U. S. 745; 27 L. R. A. 206; 78 S. C. 10. cite: Relation of master and servant: 81 S. C. 16; 83 S. C. 16; 26 Cyc. 1080, 1202, 1086, 1088; 63 S. C. 170; 4 Ency. 46; 26 Cyc. 1224; 72 S. C. 242; 72 S. C. 348; 80 S. C. 232; 58 S. C. 413; 29 Cyc. 542, 555. Contributory negligence: 4 Ency. 47; 14 Cyc. 861; 100 Ind. 293; 28 Ind. 28; 58 S. C. 413; 75 S. C. 539. Dangerous instruments as to children of tender years:…
1Opinion of the Court
March 18, 1914. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an appeal from an order of nonsuit.
The allegations of the complaint, the defenses upon which the defendant relied, and the testimony are substantially the same as in the case of Tucker v. Clinton Cotton Mills, 95 S.C. 302.
Roy Tucker and Thomas Tucker were brothers, and were drowned in the same pond and at the same time.
The action in Tucker v. Clinton Cotton Mills, 95 S.C. 302, was brought to recover damages for the alleged wrongful acts of the defendant, in causing the death of Roy Tucker, who was about fourteen years of age at…
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- Tucker v. Clinton Cotton MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
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