Gobbel v. Columbia Ry., Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Shipp, J., Columbia, Action by A. F. Gobbel against the Columbia Railway, Gas & Electric Company. From an order of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cite: As to motion for nonsuit: C. C. Rule 18; 63 S. C. 559; 55 S. C. 450; 80 S. C. 460. Order not to be sustained on additional grounds: 78 S. C. 127. Fraudulent misrepresentations: 20 Cyc. 44, 91 and 86, 87; 9 Rich. F. 300; Bigelow Frauds, secs. 2 and 3; 128 U. S. 383; 1 Strob.
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Before Shipp, J., Columbia, Action by A. F. Gobbel against the Columbia Railway, Gas & Electric Company. From an order of nonsuit, plaintiff appeals. cite: As to motion for nonsuit: C. C. Rule 18; 63 S. C. 559; 55 S. C. 450; 80 S. C. 460. Order not to be sustained on additional grounds: 78 S. C. 127. Fraudulent misrepresentations: 20 Cyc. 44, 91 and 86, 87; 9 Rich. F. 300; Bigelow Frauds, secs. 2 and 3; 128 U. S. 383; 1 Strob. F. 220; 105 Fed. 573; 85 Fed. 740; 73 Fed. 994; 34 Fed. 628. Liability of corporations: 12 Cyc. 117; 83 S. C. 427; Bigelow Frauds, p. 513. Estoppel: Bigelow Frauds, p.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action by plaintiff against the defendant for damages for fraud and deceit alleged to have been committed by the defendant in procuring a contract for labor to be performed by the defendant. The cause was tried before Judge Shipp, and a jury, at the Fall term of Court, 1916, for Richland county, and at the close of plaintiff’s testimony of his own motion his Honor granted a nonsuit on the ground that there was no evidence of fraud and deceit. After entry of judgment, plaintiff appeals.
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- Howell v. Atlantic Coast Line R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
- Kennedy v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1907
- Wade v. OliverSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1915
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