Leonard v. Broad River Power Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

This is an action for damages, both actual and punitive. The plaintiff alleged, inter alia, that the defendant, a public utility company, which had been furnishing him electric current for lighting purposes at his store, 1725 Two Notch Road, near the City of Columbia, on or about May 16, 1932, without just cause or excuse, willfully and wantonly discontinued the service, and thereafter refused to restore it upon demand; and that, as the result of these wrongful acts, his mercantile business, which theretofore had been good, was…