Glasgow v. Pacific Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Whaley, County Judge, Richland, October term, 1917. Action by John Glasgow against the Pacific Mills. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. submit: The asking of questions calling for incompetent and irrelevant testimony, even though’ not answered, is prejudicial and calls for the setting aside of the verdict: 92 S. C. 262; 172 N. Y. 507; 65 N. E, .494. The fudge’s charge requires the master to furnish - safe and suitable machinery and appliances and a safe…
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Before Whaley, County Judge, Richland, October term, 1917. Action by John Glasgow against the Pacific Mills. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. submit: The asking of questions calling for incompetent and irrelevant testimony, even though’ not answered, is prejudicial and calls for the setting aside of the verdict: 92 S. C. 262; 172 N. Y. 507; 65 N. E, .494. The fudge’s charge requires the master to furnish - safe and suitable machinery and appliances and a safe place to work,without -qualification, and is, therefore, erroneous: 70 S. C. 477; Rabatt on Master and Servant, vol. R p.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gage.
Action for tort to the person; recovery for an unstated amount; appeal by defendant.
These were the circumstances of the transaction: The plaintiff, a negro, was trucking bales of cotton linters from freight cars to an elevator in a cotton mill; the bales, four at a time, were loaded on the elevator, and thus loaded the elevator was then hoisted by electric power to a second floor above; three bales had been put on the elevator, and the plaintiff trucked the fourth bale and put it on; as the elevator went up with its load, a bale fell…
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