Wingate v. Postal Telegraph & Cable Co.

Mr. Associate Justice OxnEr

delivered the unanimous Opinion of the Court:

This is an action for damages on account of an alleged false arrest. The trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff. The only question raised by the exceptions is whether the trial Judge erred in refusing defendant’s motions for a nonsuit and directed verdict.

The respondent, Mrs. Wingate, owned and operated a grocery store in the City of Charleston. During the early part of the evening, on May, 23, 1940, she sent two young men in her Buick car to a place of business in Charleston for two bags of rice. This car was a 1938…