Barber v. Carolina Auto Sales

Oxner, Justice.

This is an action to recover actual and punitive damages for the alleged conversion of an automobile. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony, the Court granted a motion by defendants for a nonsuit. From this order, plaintiff has appealed.

Respondents, doing business under the name and style of Carolina Auto Sales, are engaged in the business of buying and selling automobiles in Columbia, South Carolina. Appellant, who is approximately 31 years of age, was married in West Virginia. To this union were born five children, now ranging in age from one to seven. He has been in the…