Legal Opinion
Marchbanks v. Duke Power Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided May 9, 1939No. 14876PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Bonham.
This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Greenville County to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff while engaged in painting a pole, the property of Duke Power Company, a corporation, which is extensively engaged in the business of generating, transmitting, selling and furnishing electricity for lighting, heating, and for domestic and industrial purposes. In the accomplishment of these purposes, or some of them, it has erected and maintains in the City of Greenville numerous poles and transmission lines.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Baltimore & Phila. Steamboat Co. v. NortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Palumbo v. George A. Fuller Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1923
- Rudd v. Fairforest Finishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Fulghum v. BleakleySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
- Fox v. Fafnir Bearing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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3Cited by88 opinions
- Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Bridges v. Wyandotte Worsted Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1963
- Murphy v. HaganSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
- McDowell v. Stilley Plywood Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1947
- James M. Walker v. United States Gypsum Company, and Third-Party and Coley & Peterson, Incorporated, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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