SINGLETON v. YOUNG LUMBER CO.

17671

236 S.C. 454 (1960)

114 S.E.2d 837

Louis SINGLETON, Respondent, v. YOUNG LUMBER COMPANY and Granite State Fire Insurance Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Hagood, Rivers & Young, of Charleston, for Appellants.

Messrs. Dowling, Dowling & Sanders, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

W. Francis Marion, Esq., of Greenville, and Messrs. Haynsworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion & Johnstone, of Greenville, and McKay, McKay, Black & Walker, of Columbia, and Whaley & McCutchen, of Columbia, of Counsel, for Amicus Curiae, in behalf of Appellant.

Messrs. W.K. Charles, President, of Greenwood, Terrell L. Glenn, Vice-President, of Columbia, and Richard J. Foster, Secretary-Treasurer, for Amicus Curiae, South Carolina Plaintiff's Attorneys Association, in behalf of Respondent.


June 15, 1960.

MOSS, Justice.

This is a proceeding for compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act, Section 72-1 et seq., Code of 1952, instituted by Louis Singleton, respondent, against Young Lumber Company, employer, and Granite State Fire Insurance Company, carrier, appellants.

The respondent did, on August 16, 1956, while in the employ of Young Lumber Company, fall from a scaffold on a building...

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