Pate v. Thomas

Bussey, Justice:

This is an'equitable action in which the plaintiff-appellant sought to obtain a permanent injunction against ten named defendants who she alleged had repeatedly, at various and sundry times, trespassed upon real estate of the plaintiff situated in Georgetown County. She sought, incidentally, the recovery of only nominal damages and the costs and disbursements of the action. The appeal is from an order of the lower court granting a motion of the defendant-respondent Harrelson for a severance.

The order granting the severance was grounded upon the fact that admittedly Harrelson…