Jackson v. Enola Ginning Company

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Blease.

In the trial of a tort action in the Court of Common Pleas for Spartanburg County before Hon. C. C. Featherstone, Circuit Judge, the plaintiff respondent recovered against the defendant appellant a yerdict of $2,000.

In the appeal to this Court, there is but one exception. In the course of his argument to the jury, Mr. Nicholls, one of the attorneys for the plaintiff, used this language:

“How much has this man been damaged by having one of his hands cut off, for that is about what it amounts to? If you would cut off one of my hands,…