M'Caw v. Kimbrel

15 S.C.L. 220
CourtCourt of Appeals of South Carolina
DecidedJune 15, 1827
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
M'Caw v. Kimbrel, 15 S.C.L. 220 (S.C. Ct. App. 1827).

Opinion

Where cotton is sent to a gin to be ginned the owner of the machine is bound to take the same care of it that a prudent man would bestow on his own) and of course is only liable for ordinary neglect.

Where the defendant’s gin house was burnt by the negligence of his servants, he was held answerable for cotton sent there to be ginned.

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