Johnson v. South Carolina National Bank

Littlejohn, Chief Justice:

These two cases present two interlocutory appeals from orders deciding the mode of trial. The parties have agreed to combine the appeals and our opinion controls both cases.

Plaintiffs-appellants, Johnsons and Alessandros, seek rescission of a guaranty agreement which they allegedly were induced to sign by fraudulent misrepresentations on the part of the defendant-respondent, South Carolina National Bank. The plaintiffs also seek money damages in the second, third and fourth causes of action for outrage, invasion of legal rights and breach of fiduciary duty…