SUPPLY CO. v. RAILROAD CO

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.