Booth v. J. G. White Engineering Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVorE, J., Winnsboro, ■ Action by James W. Booth against J. G. White Engineering Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, on the following exceptions: Exception 1. Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in failing to sustain the motion of the defendant for nonsuit and direction of verdict on the ground that the act of the defendant’s servant, Hensinger, was without the scope of his employment, when the only reasonable deduction to be drawn from…
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Before DeVorE, J., Winnsboro, ■ Action by James W. Booth against J. G. White Engineering Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, on the following exceptions: Exception 1. Because his Honor, the presiding Judge, erred in failing to sustain the motion of the defendant for nonsuit and direction of verdict on the ground that the act of the defendant’s servant, Hensinger, was without the scope of his employment, when the only reasonable deduction to be drawn from the testimony was that Hensinger, when he shot Booth, was acting without the limit of the authority extended to him by…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Hydrick.
Defendant appeals from judgment for plaintiff for $2,400 actual and punitive damages, recovered under these circumstances : Defendant was engaged in building a dam across Broad River, at Parr Shoals, in Fairfield county. For the convenience of its employees, defendant ran a mess hall, at which between two and three hundred of its employees, plaintiff among them, were furnished meals, the pay therefor being taken out of their wages. George Plensinger was employed by defendant as steward of the mess hall. At the midday meal, on…
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