Rhodes v. Granby Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Memmingijr, J., Richland, December, 1909. Action by Olin M. Rhodes against Granby Cotton Mills. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals on the following exceptions: 1. “Because counsel for defendant, having previously objected to testimony along the line, his Honor, against the objection of defendant, allowed the witness, J. C. Kirby, to testify as follows, to wit: Mr. Edmunds: Q. Who furnished you the list? A. Mr. Wallace, superintendent of the mill at that…
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Before Memmingijr, J., Richland, December, 1909. Action by Olin M. Rhodes against Granby Cotton Mills. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals on the following exceptions: 1. “Because counsel for defendant, having previously objected to testimony along the line, his Honor, against the objection of defendant, allowed the witness, J. C. Kirby, to testify as follows, to wit: Mr. Edmunds: Q. Who furnished you the list? A. Mr. Wallace, superintendent of the mill at that time (meaning the Columbia Mills). The Court: It will be relevant to show that he refused him employment on account of…
1Opinion of the Court
September 1, 1910. The opinion of the Court was delivered by This is an action for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, as the result of a conspiracy between the defendant and other like corporations, whereby a number of such mills, refused to give employment to the plaintiff, after being notified by the defendant, that it had blacklisted him.
The answer to the complaint was a general denial.
The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, for two thousand dollars actual, and eight thousand dollars, punitive damages.
The defendant's attorneys made a motion for a new…
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