Legal Opinion
Weeks v. Carolina Power & Light Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 11, 1930No. 12889PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Blease.
This action on tort was brought on behalf of Robert S. Weeks, seventeen years of age, against Carolina Power & Light Company, a corporation, and M. A. Doughty, local manager at Sumter of the power company. The trial in the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter County, before his-Honor, Circuit Judge Ramage, and a jury, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff against Carolina Power & Light Company alone, for the sum of $3,-500 actual damages, and $5,000 punitive damages.
The defendant the power company has appealed from…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Johnson v. Atlantic Coast Line R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Duncan v. the Record Publishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Rhodes v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Mitchell v. Charleston Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1895
- Lundy v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1911
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Charles v. Texas Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
- Elliott v. Black River Electric CooperativeSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1958
- Berry v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Fennell v. LittlejohnSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
- Gasque v. Heublein, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
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