Lewis v. Gallivan Building Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Greenville, March Term. 1910. Action by Damie Lewis, administratrix of Oscar Lewis, against Gallivan Building Company. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. « CO •H d ui 2> m o Oral argument.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The defendant Gallivan Building Company, in 1906, was constructing a dam across the Savannah River at Gregg Shoals. Por the purpose.of conveying its workmen and material along ithe dapi, the defendant had stretched a large cable over the river at a height of about sixty-five feet. By means of a small cable working on a drum attached to a stationary engine, the person or thing to be moved was fulled along the large cable over the proper place, and was then lowered by means of another cable called the main fall. Oscar Tewis, plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bodie v. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Hall v. Northwestern R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Green v. Southern Ry.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- James v. Fountain Inn Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Wofford v. Clinton Cotton MillsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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- Morgan v. RoperSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1967
- Holmes v. Davis, Dir. Gen.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
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