Coggins v. Cannon
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before W. P. Greene, special Judge, Spartanburg,term, 1918. Action by Ila Coggins against C. F. Cannon. 'Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Before W. P. Greene, special Judge, Spartanburg,term, 1918. Action by Ila Coggins against C. F. Cannon. 'Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Exceptions 3-5, mentioned in the opinion, are as follows: 3 In that his Honor erred in modifying the second request to charge of the defendant with the modification as follows: “I charge you that, even though you should find that the defendant contracted to marry the plaintiff at some future time not fixed, and that before the marriage was consummated the defendant learns or has reasonable grounds to believe that the plaintiff was impure and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Watts.
This was an action by plaintiff against defendant for damages for alleged breach of contract for marriage. The case was heard before Special Judge Greene, and a jury, at Spartanburg, S. C., and resulted in a verdict of $5,000 actual damages to the plaintiff; the action being both for actual and punitive damages, but the verdict of jury was only for actual damages. After entry of judgment, defendant appeals. •
1 The first exception imputes error in refusing to strike out all of the testimony of plaintiff relating to a supposed contract…
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