Legal Opinion
Plate v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided July 11, 1951No. Civ. A. No. 2688PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYCHE, Chief Judge.
This is an action for alleged wilful trespass and was tried before me on June 12, 19'5l, without a jury.
The complaint alleges that sometime prior to October 15, 1950, the plaintiff engaged the telephone services of the defendant company at his apartment No. K10 Gonzales Gardens, Columbia, South Carolina, and that while he and his wife were absent from their apartment the defendant, through its agents and servants, clandestinely secured a key and unlawfully and wilfully entered plaintiff’s apartment and renjoved the telephone instrument therefrom. The answer of the defendant…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Barrett v. Broad River Power CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1928
- Lyda v. CooperSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1933
- Willis v. WhittleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
- Childers v. Judson Mills Store CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
- Soulios v. Mills Novelty Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1941
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Carroway v. Carolina Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1954
- Teleco, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1974
- Lapsley v. American Institute of Certified Public AccountantsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1965
- St. Julien v. South Cent. Bell Telephone Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Peace v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953