Duckworth v. First National Bank

Moss, Chief Justice:

Troy Duckworth, the respondent herein, instituted this action against the First National Bank of South Carolina, the appellant herein, to recover damages on account of certain alleged slanderous words spoken of and concerning him by an officer of the appellant.

The case came on for trial before The Honorable John Grimball, and a jury, at the 1969 Term of the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County, and resulted in a verdict in favor of the respondent for actual and punitive damages.

At appropriate stages of the trial, the appellant made a motion for a directed verdict on…