Cumming v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVore, J., Spartanburg, October term, 1909, Action by Clarence Cumming, by guardian, against Bryan Lawrence. Prom judgment defendant appeals on the following exceptions: I. “Because the presiding Judge erred in allowing the plaintiff’s counsel, against the defendant’s objection, to ask, and have answered, questions from the defendant’s witness, G. W. Greene, as to the financial standing of the defendant, when such testimony was competent only for the purpose of…
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Before DeVore, J., Spartanburg, October term, 1909, Action by Clarence Cumming, by guardian, against Bryan Lawrence. Prom judgment defendant appeals on the following exceptions: I. “Because the presiding Judge erred in allowing the plaintiff’s counsel, against the defendant’s objection, to ask, and have answered, questions from the defendant’s witness, G. W. Greene, as to the financial standing of the defendant, when such testimony was competent only for the purpose of collecting punitive damages, when there was no evidence in this case tending to show a right to any such damages. II.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on account of the wrongful acts of the defendant.
The allegations of the complaint, material to the questions under consideration, are as follows:
1. “That on the 3d of July, 1907, Clarence Cumming, a child of eleven years of age, was in the employment of the defendant in a laundry at Glenn Springs, in said county and State, operated by said defendant, and was working under the control and direction of defendant’s representative, -Heny, who was in charge of…
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