JOHNSON v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

16377

217 S.C. 347 (1950)

60 S.E.2d 679

JOHNSON v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Willcox, Hardee, Houck & Palmer, of Florence, for Appellant.

Messrs. Yarborough & McGowan and W.T. McGowan, of Florence, for Respondent.


July 5, 1950.

TAYLOR, Justice.

Joseph Johnson, employed by appellant as a member of a water supply gang, brought suit in the Court of Common Pleas for Florence County under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., for the loss of his right eye, as a result of "slipping" and falling on appellant's railroad tracks at Ravenel, South Carolina, on May 14, 1947, while engaged in unloading acetylene...

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