PATTERSON v. BOGAN

19668

261 S.C. 87 (1973)

198 S.E.2d 586

Eugene PATTERSON, Respondent, v. J.R. BOGAN, and Ernest Kerr, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 1, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. James M. Arthur, of Union, and Frank K. Sloan, of Columbia, for Appellants.

Melvin L. Roberts, Esq., of York, for Respondent.


August 1, 1973.

LEWIS, Justice:

This action for malicious prosecution resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $5,000.00, actual damages, and $15,000.00, punitive damages, from which defendants have appealed.

This controversy arose out of a transaction between the parties relative to a junkyard business and the ownership thereof. We recite only so much of the facts thereabout as are essential to...

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