Grimball v. C. W. Parham Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Charleston, Action by Prank Grimball against C. W. Parham Co., in Civil and Criminal Court of Charleston. The defendant moved to continue the case on the ground of the absence of material witnesses. The Judge held that he had not placed himself within the rule by showing the witnesses had been subpoenaed.
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Before Shipp, J., Charleston, Action by Prank Grimball against C. W. Parham Co., in Civil and Criminal Court of Charleston. The defendant moved to continue the case on the ground of the absence of material witnesses. The Judge held that he had not placed himself within the rule by showing the witnesses had been subpoenaed. In the Circuit Court the affidavits of the absent witnesses were produced, in which they swore the defendant had arranged with them to be present at the trial, but they could not be there because the sheriff, by whom they were employed, had sent them on an emergency trip in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action in the Civil and Criminal Court of Charleston commenced February 26, 1912, for damages for the taking of certain personal property and for punitive damages. The cause was tried before the Judge of the said Court and a jury on December 3, 1912, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $150, and judgment being entered thereon the defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, and the cause was heard by his PTonor, Judge Shipp, and judgment affirmed. Defendant appeals and asks reversal of the same.
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