Wilson v. McLendon

Mobley, Justice.

The question for determination in this case is whether that part of Code § 105-2003 authorizing the jury to consider the “worldly circumstances of the parties” in tort actions where “the entire injury is to the peace, happiness, or feelings of the plaintiff,” violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States (Code § 1-815).

In ruling on objections to interrogatories served on the alleged tortfeasor, requiring him to give a detailed account of his personal assets and financial condition, the trial judge sustained the ground…