Bouknight v. Lester
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before WharEy, J., County Court, Richland, December, 1920. Two actions by Alma G. Bouknight and J. T. Bouknight against L. T. Lester. Judgment for both plaintiffs and defendant appeals.
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Before WharEy, J., County Court, Richland, December, 1920. Two actions by Alma G. Bouknight and J. T. Bouknight against L. T. Lester. Judgment for both plaintiffs and defendant appeals. The eighth exception was as follows: 8. In ’that the trial Court was in error in permitting both plaintiffs to testify over objection of defendant’s counsel as to their injured feelings and humiliation, such testimony being not only a conclusion, but being improper to submit to a jury as to how the alleged acts might have affected these plaintiffs. The question was not how the alleged acts might have affected…
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J.T. Bouknight and Alma G. Bouknight, husband and wife, brought separate actions against the defendant, L.T. Lester, the proprietor of a moving picture theatre, for $2,500.00 damages in each case, by reason of the alleged negligence and willful conduct of the defendant in ejecting them from the theatre. The two cases were tried together in the County Court of Richland County, and resulted in verdicts of $500.00 each in favor of the plaintiffs.
The circumstances of the ejection were as follows: On September 4, 1920, the plaintiff, J.T. Bouknight, bought a ticket which entitled him to enter the…
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