Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1815

Hughes v. Hampton

Hughes v. Hampton
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided November 15, 1815 · Bay, Beevard, Coiicock, Grimes, Nott, Smith
5 S.C.L. 544

Hughes v. Hampton

Opinion of the Court

Smith, J.

The charges were general ones for medicine and attendance. One item was, “ 13 dollars for medicine and attendance on one of the General’s daughter’s, in curing the whooping cough.” *545The new trial is asked for, on the ground, that the plaintiff ought to have given a specific bill of the medicine and attendance. I did think otherwise, on hearing this case ; but on mature consideration, 1 think the charges were too general, and am, therefore, for granting a new trial.

Grimes, Nott, and Beevard, Js., concurred. CoiiCOCK, and Bay, Js., dissented.

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