Legal Opinion
Hyde v. Southern Grocery Stores, Inc.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided June 10, 1941No. 15278PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne.
In this action plaintiff sought the recovery of actual and punitive damages against the defendant for the alleged malicious and wrongful attachment of his property, and the trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,000.00, actual damages. From the judgment entered thereon the defendant appeals.
The attachment proceedings were instituted in the Court of Magistrate G. C. Carnes in Lancaster, South Carolina, against the plaintiff and one Nick Petronis, for the collection of'a debt alleged to be due by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mays v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Jennings v. Clearwater Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1934
- Hancock v. Aiken Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
- Matheson v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1926
- Currie v. Davis, Agent, Etc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Melvin v. PenceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Moore v. MooreCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2004
- Crittenden v. Thompson-Walker Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986
- Lane v. Modern Music, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1964
- Cisson v. Pickens Savings and Loan Assoc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1972
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