Best v. Barnwell County
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wilson J., Barnwell, Fall term, 1919. Action by Georgiana Best, admx. of the estate of AValter Best, deceased, against the County of Barnwell for damages for the lynching of Walter Best. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cite: Allendale county a proper party defendant: Act 1919 (31 Stat. 5). Board of county commissioners had jurisdiction: Sec. 999, I Civ. Code 1912. Claim for lynching under sec. 6, art. VT, Const., 1895, and sec■ 3947> I Civ.
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Before Wilson J., Barnwell, Fall term, 1919. Action by Georgiana Best, admx. of the estate of AValter Best, deceased, against the County of Barnwell for damages for the lynching of Walter Best. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. cite: Allendale county a proper party defendant: Act 1919 (31 Stat. 5). Board of county commissioners had jurisdiction: Sec. 999, I Civ. Code 1912. Claim for lynching under sec. 6, art. VT, Const., 1895, and sec■ 3947> I Civ. Code, could be brought “in any Court of competent jurisdiction.” Claim having been presented to board of county commissioners and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chile Justice Gary.
This is an action for damages against Barnwell county for the lynching of Walter Best on the 23d of February, 1918. The case was tried at the December, 1919, term of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell county, and resulted in a verdict, for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000, and the defendant appealed. The first exception that will be considered is as follows:
“Because his Honor erred in not directing the nonsuit for the defendant when -it was admitted in the record that the claim sued upon had been filed and considered before…
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