Laurens Telephone Co. v. Enterprise Bank
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before C. C. Featherstone, Special Judge, April, 1910. Action by Laurens Telephone Company against Enterprise Bank, N. B. Dial, E. W. Martin and E. L. Hertzog & Company.
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Before C. C. Featherstone, Special Judge, April, 1910. Action by Laurens Telephone Company against Enterprise Bank, N. B. Dial, E. W. Martin and E. L. Hertzog & Company. Plaintiff appeals. cite: Testimony offered to prove damages remotely connected was competent: 31 S. C. 53; 65 S. C. 506. Judge should not have instructed jury that the manner of appellant’s holding perplexed him: 53 S. C. 150. Instruction that if tenancy had expired or was one at will it could be dispossessed provided no more force was used than necessary, zvas error: 79 S. C. 438; 18 S. C. 108. 'Time of notice to quit should…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was •delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
On May 3, 1907, the Enterprise Bank purchased from E. W. Martin and Mrs. Essie Martin, his wife, a corner lot in the city of Laurens on which was situated a two story frame building. The Laurens Telephone Company, plaintiff in this action, occupied two rooms in the second floor of this building as a telephone exchange. Shortly after the purchase Mr. Dial, the president of the bank, notified Mr. Richey, the manager of the telephone company, that the bank intended to erect a new banking house on the lot, that the building then standing…
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