Lumpkin v. Mankin

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Beease.

Action between the plaintiff, a colored man, who owned a mule, and the defendant, a colored woman, who owned a Eord automobile. The mule and the automobile mixed up in Arthur Town, on the Bluff Road, in Richland County. One of the important issues was which got hurt the worst, the Ford or the mule. Plaintiff, on account of the conduct of the automobile and driver, claimed $500, actual and punitive damages, “either or both.” The defendant denied plaintiff’s claim, and demanded by counterclaim $500 damages, actual and punitive, on…