Faris v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Wapts, J., York, Action by B. M. Faris, W. F. Boyd and W. H. Windel, committee for themselves and others, members of Flint Flill Baptist Church, against American Telephone and Telegraph Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Messrs.
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Before Wapts, J., York, Action by B. M. Faris, W. F. Boyd and W. H. Windel, committee for themselves and others, members of Flint Flill Baptist Church, against American Telephone and Telegraph Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Messrs. Nelson '& Nelson cite: Punitive damages should not have been recovered: 68 S. C:, 98; 69 S. C., 445, 104; 70 S. C., 531; 71 S. C., 104; 73 S. C., 367; 74 S. C., 185; 72 S. C., 343, 256, 116; 73 S. C., 520; 74 S. C., 491; 75 S-. C., 208, 182; 76 S. C., 301; 77 S. C., 148, 522; 78 S. C., 109; 79 S. C„ 209; 71 S. C.:, 153. Acquiescence: 48…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The allegations of the complaint, on which the plaintiffs recovered judgment for fifteen hundred dollars, are: That the Flint Hill Baptist Church owned a lot of land containing about twelve acres, on which was situated the church building and cemetery, “surrounded by a beautiful and valuable grove of oaks and other trees, which had been cared for and nurtured by the congregation of the said Flint Hill Baptist Church, some of them more than a hundred years, and which added greatly to the value and attractiveness of said property;” that…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Burnett v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
- Mason v. Postal Telegraph Cable Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
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- State v. MeehanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
- Wood v. WeaverCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
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