Thomas v. Hancock

Lewis, Chief Justice:

This appeal is from a verdict for respondent for $875.00, actual damages, and $1,000.00, punitive damages, for the alleged wrongful eviction of respondent by appellants from an apartment in the New Raintree Apartment Complex, located near Columbia, South Carolina. The sole issue (preserved by appellants’ timely motions for non-suit, directed verdict, and judgment notwithstanding the verdict) is whether there was any evidence to sustain the finding that respondent was evicted from the apartment. Since we find no evidence to sustain the conclusion that there was an…