Patterson v. Bogan

Lewis, Justice:

This action for malicious prosecution resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $5,000.00, actual damages, and $15,000.00, punitive damages, from which defendants have appealed.

This controversy arose out of a transaction between the parties relative to, a junkyard business and the ownership thereof. We recite only so much of the facts thereabout as are essential to an understanding and disposition of the issues properly presented in the appeal.

Defendants owned an automobile junkyard located near Jonesville, South Carolina, and, in 1970, sold, according to their…