Case Name: FOSTER v. WESTERN UNION TEL. CO.
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1907-05-22
Citations: 77 S.C. 155
Docket Number: 6544
Parties: FOSTER v. WESTERN UNION TEL. CO.
Judges: Before Purdy, J.,
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 155–155

Head Matter:
6544
FOSTER v. WESTERN UNION TEL. CO.
Ruled by preceding case of Butler v. Tel. Oo.
Before Purdy, J.,
Greenville,
July Term, 1906.
Reversed.
Action by H. A. Foster against Western Union Telegraph Co. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Messrs. Geo. H. Fearons, Fvans & Finley and Jos. A. McCullough, for appellant.
Messrs. Cothran, Dean & Cothran, contra.
May 22, 1907.

Opinion:
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The testimony in this case upon the question as to punitive damages is substantially the same as in the case of C. P. Butler v. Tel. Co., in which the opinion has just been filed, and shows that the exception raising this question should be sustained.
It is the judgment of this Court, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed, and the case remanded for a new tiiai.