Gregory v. Layton
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wallace, J., Union, October, 1890. Action by W. S. Gregory against James T. Layton., The judge charged the jury as follows : Mr. Foreman and G-entlemen: It is well enough that you should understand precisely what the issues are, in order to enable you to comprehend clearly the legal rules with regard to them that I shall briefly state to you. There are in the complaint two causes of action.
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Before Wallace, J., Union, October, 1890. Action by W. S. Gregory against James T. Layton., The judge charged the jury as follows : Mr. Foreman and G-entlemen: It is well enough that you should understand precisely what the issues are, in order to enable you to comprehend clearly the legal rules with regard to them that I shall briefly state to you. There are in the complaint two causes of action. The first is, that on or about the 27th day of April, 1888, the defendant so carelessly and negligently used fire on his own premises, and employed servants who so carelessly and negligently used…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Chiee Justice McIver.
The complaint in this case sets forth two causes of action : one that “the defendant so carelessly and negligently used fire on his own premises, and employed servants who so carelessly and negligently used fire on his premises that said fire reached the land arid premises of the plaintiff,” thereby causing the injuries for which damages are claimed ; the other that “the defendant injured and damaged the land of the plaintiff to the amount of $500, by wrongfully and unlawfully stopping up a ditch and by erecting an embankment,…
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