Bell v. Bank of Abbeville

This case is an action for slander. It has previously been before us on the pleadings (Bell v. Bank of Abbeville, 208 S. C. 490, 38 S. E. (2d) 641, 643) when we held that as against a demurrer interposed .by the defendant, the complaint stated a cause of action.

Following the disposition of the appeal relating to the demurrer, the case came up for trial before the court and a jury and resulted in a verdict for Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars in favor of the plaintiff. From the rulings made in the course of the trial below and in the disposition by the trial judge of a motion for a…