Adams v. South Carolina Power Co.

The Opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne:

The question presented by this appeal is whether there is any evidence from which a reasonable inference may be drawn that James-W. Blease, the agent and employee of the South Carolina Power Company, was engaged upon the business of the South Carolina Power Company at the time when the injury was inflicted upon the plaintiff. The lower Court directed a verdict in favor of the respondent upon the ground that at the time of the collision which caused the injury and damage to the plaintiff, Mr. Blease had stepped aside from…