McGehee v. South Carolina Power Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Stabler.

It is sought in this action to recover damages in the sum of $10,000.00 for a claimed fraudulent breach of an oral contract. The plaintiff alleges that during the month of November, 1929, while in the discharge of his duties as an employee of the defendant, he was seriously injured by an explosion due to defective equipment furnished him by his employer; that soon thereafter an agent of the defendant called upon him and agreed that, if he would not sue for the injuries which he had sustained in the explosion, the company would…