ROGERS v. FLORENCE PRINTING CO.

17481

233 S.C. 567 (1958)

106 S.E.2d 258

Foster ROGERS, an infant under the age of fourteen years, by his Guardian ad Litem, Malcolm P. Rogers, Respondent, v. The FLORENCE PRINTING COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Messrs. H.E. Yarborough, Jr., and John L. McGowan, of Florence, for Respondent.


December 10, 1958.

LEGGE, Justice.

Plaintiff, a minor twelve years of age, brought this action against the publisher of a daily newspaper, seeking recovery of actual and punitive damages in the amount of one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars by reason of its publication, on May 10, 1956, of a defamatory article concerning him. Upon a former appeal, 230 S.C. 304,

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