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WRIGHT v. GILBERT ET AL.

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227 S.C. 334 (1955)

88 S.E.2d 72

MARY WEATHERFORD WRIGHT, by G.A.L., Respondent, v. M.L. GILBERT and MAGGIE GILBERT, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 23, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Carl Cook, Esq., of Hartsville, for Appellants.

Messrs. McEachin, Townsend & Zeigler, of Florence, for Respondent.

June 23, 1955.

TAYLOR, Justice.

This appeal arises out of an action brought by the duly appointed committee of Mary Weatherford Wright and her Guardian ad Litem against the defendants for false imprisonment.

The matter was heard before the Court of Common Pleas for Darlington County at the January, 1954, Term of Court and resulted in a verdict for respondent in the sum of $24,000.00 actual damages and $1,000.00 punitive damages. Timely motions...

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