Taylor v. Sumter County

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by the plaintiff while a convict on the chaingang of Sumter County. The testimony, undisputed, tended to establish the following facts: At the time of his injury, in November, 1930, the plaintiff was riding on a county-owned truck, which was on its way to get and bring to camp convicts who were engaged in repairing a bridge on a public highway a few miles south of the city •of Sumter. During that day, this truck had been used to haul the convicts out…