Legal Opinion

Hopkins v. Shuman

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided October 27, 1959No. 17571PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Stukes, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from denial of defendants’ motion for an order requiring the plaintiff to separately state the causes of action alleged in the complaint for (1) false imprisonment and (2) inducing the discharge of the plaintiff from his former employment. It is defendants’ contention that those causes of action are stated, whereas plaintiff asserts that only one cause of action is stated, i. e., for false imprisonment, and that the other allegations are of aggravating circumstances. The appeal will be considered and decided in the light of these respective positions of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chitwood v. McMillanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1939
  2. Bell v. Bank of AbbevilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1946
  3. Keels v. PowellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1945
  4. Matheson v. American Telephone, &C., Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1923
  5. Ripley v. RodgersSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1948

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Oxman v. ProfittSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
  2. Henderson v. Gould, Inc.Court of Appeals of South Carolina · 1986

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