Walters v. Laurens Cotton Mills
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Aldrich, J., Laurens, October, 1897. Action by J. C. Walters and Mollie A. Walters v. Laurens Cotton Mills and W. F. Lucas, on the first cause of action, for possession of personal property and damages for detention; on the second cause of action, punitive damages for wrongful and malicious seizure.
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Before Aldrich, J., Laurens, October, 1897. Action by J. C. Walters and Mollie A. Walters v. Laurens Cotton Mills and W. F. Lucas, on the first cause of action, for possession of personal property and damages for detention; on the second cause of action, punitive damages for wrongful and malicious seizure. From judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. cites: Pending action bar to the second: 43 S. C., 381; 42 S. C., 489; 50 S. C., 120; 51 S. C., 134. There being no malice, wantonness or oppression proved, nonsuit should have been granted as to second cause of action: 35 S. C., 475. Judge…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
1 The plaintiffs having recovered a judgment for the recovery of certain property, and also a judgment for punitive damages, the defendants now appeal to this Court for a reversal of such judgment. Quite a number of the exceptions raise the question as to whether the defendant was not entitled to introduce testimony, both oral and written, relating to a suit of Mollie Walters, who is one of the plaintiffs here, against the defendant, the Lau-rens Cotton Mills, before a magistrate, for the recovery of the same personal property referred…
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