ALEXANDER v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co.

Baker, Chief Justice.

This was an action of the respondents against the appellant to recover damages for the alleged almost total destruc tion of their 1950 cotton crop planted on twelve acres of land near Mountville, in the County of Laurens, and a short distance from the track and right-of-way of the appellant, by the spraying of its .right-of-way with a chemical known as 2-4-D, a weed killer, about June, 8, 1950.

At the close of the taking of testimony, on motion of the appellant for a direction of verdict in its behalf, the court having granted the motion as to punitive damages, we will…