Maddox v. Steel Heddle Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Chief Justice Watts.

This was an action for damages for the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries, and was tried before Judge Bonham, at Greenville, and a jury, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $12,500.

A motion was made for a directed verdict by the defendant which was refused; a motion for a new trial was made and refused. Defendant appeals, and by ten exceptions challenges the correctness of Judge Bonham’s rulings, and alleges error in not directing a verdict for the defendant on grounds asked for: In charging certain…