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Savannah Building Supply Co.
v.
Atlantic Coast Line R. R. Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Apr 1, 1910.
67 S.E. 1135
1910 S.C. LEXIS 292
Messrs. Hendersons and M.M. Reynolds , for appellants. Messrs. Hendersons cite: Contract with employee against negligence is void: 55 S.C. 174 ; 75 S.C. 170 ; 80 S.C. 167 . Railway may not contract generally to avoid result of its own negligence: 55 S.C. 174 ; 75 S.C. 170 : 80 S.C. 167 ; 26 S.C. 258 ; 38 S.C. 55 ; 57 A. E.R. Ca., 59; 56 A. E.R. Ca., 100. Additional hazard: 70 Fed.R., 201; Elliott on R.R., sec. 1236; 99 Am. St. R., 313; 79 S.C. 469 ; 83 S.C. 530 ; 26 A. E.R. Ca., 550; 33 A. E.R. Ca., 137; 5 A. E.R. Ca., 26; 176 U.S. 498 ; 86 S.R. 224; 86 A.S.R., 224. Contract invalid against the statutory cause of action: 76 S.C. 101 ; 13 Wall., 306. Messrs. P.A. Willcox, Henry E. Davis and Lucian W. McLemore , contra, cite: Contract is one which the railroad company can make in protection of its rights: 77 S.C. 467 ; 75 S.C. 455 ; 164 U.S. 403 ; 80 S.C. 185 ; 50 Am. St. R., 17; 97 N.W., 721; 175 U.S. 91 ; 99 Am. St. R., 313; 24 L.R.A., 647; 70 L.R.A., 930; 176 U.S. 505 .
Woods.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

The questions made by this appeal were discussed and decided adversely to the position taken by appellant in Mayfield v. Southern Railway Company, infra, 165.

The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.