Contos Metracas v. Jamison Morris
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hydrick, J., Greenville, July, 1907. Action by Contos & Metracas against Jamison & Morris. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. cite: As to the liability of joint tort feasors: 6 Thomp. on Neg., par. 7435; Pom.
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Before Hydrick, J., Greenville, July, 1907. Action by Contos & Metracas against Jamison & Morris. From judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. cite: As to the liability of joint tort feasors: 6 Thomp. on Neg., par. 7435; Pom. Code Rem., sec. 208; 16 E. R. A., 331; 33 E. R. A., 50; 44 E. R. A., 484; 42 S. E., 818. Liability of landlord to tenant: 24 Ency., 414; 18 Ency., 224; 1 Thomp., sec. 1131. cite: Opinion as to safety of wall proper: 69 S. C., 104. Landlord owed the tenant no duty to protect him from injury from others: 18 Ency., 217; 33 Cal., 341; 2 Bosw., 127; 20 Am. St. R., 65022…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Jones.
The plaintiffs occupied a storeroom, known as 210 N. Main street, Greenville, S. C., as lessees of W. C. Gibson, owner. Defendant, Carrie V. Cauble, as guardian and agent,- owned the lot adjacent to the south side and employed the. defendants, Jamison & Morris, as contractors to erect certain buildings thereon. On August 8, 1908, while said contractors were excavating close to the south wall of the store occupied by plaintiffs, the wall collapsed and fell, destroying the goods and property of plaintiffs in their storeroom. This action…
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