HOPKINS v. DERST BAKING CO. ET AL.

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221 S.C. 497 (1952)

71 S.E.2d 407

HOPKINS v. DERST BAKING CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 6, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Moore & Mouzon, of Charleston, for Appellants.

Messrs. Thos. P. Bussey and Robert B. Stall, Jr., of Charleston, and Colley & Orr, of Washington, Georgia, for Respondent.


June 6, 1952.

TAYLOR, Justice.

Respondent's intestate, a child of two years of age, was run over and killed by a truck belonging to the Derst Baking Company, and driven by its employee Marvin Brodie.

Upon trial of the case in the Court of Common Pleas of Charleston County, the jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $22,500.00 actual damages.

At the close of plaintiff's testimony, appellants moved...

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