Pelot v. DAVISON-PAXON CO.

Tayror, Justice.

The respondent, a Negro woman, brought this action in the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County for damages occasioned by reason of slanderous remarks made in the following particulars as alleged in the complaint:

“3. That heretofore in the forenoon on or about the 29th day of May, 1948, the plaintiff was shopping in the defendant Davison-Paxon Co.’s Columbia, S. C., Store and had made several purchases prior to leaving the store. That after completing her purchases she walked out of said store and had walked a short distance South on Main Street, a principal thoroughfare…