Chitwood v. Chitwood

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The gist of this action, one for personal injuries alleged to be due to negligence of the defendants, is contained in Paragraph 3 of the complaint: “That heretofore, on or about July 22, 1925, the defendants, E. A. Chitwood and J. E. Carroll, doing business under the firm name and style of Chitwood and Carroll, were engaged in constructing a bridge over the Great Pee Dee River for the State Highway Department, and the plaintiff, James William Chitwood, a boy of about fifteen (15) years of age, was employed by the defendants as a…