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PATTERSON v. CAPITAL LIFE & HEALTH INS. CO.

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228 S.C. 297 (1955)

89 S.E.2d 723

LILLIAN PATTERSON, Appellant, v. CAPITAL LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE CO., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Harper Welborn, Esq., of Anderson, for Appellant.

Messrs. Watkins, Vandiver & Freeman, of Anderson, for Respondent.

October 27, 1955.

OXNER, Justice.

This is an action to recover both actual and punitive damages for alleged breach of an insurance contract. It is here on appeal by plaintiff from an order granting a motion by defendant to strike all allegations of the complaint appropriate to recovery of punitive damages, upon the ground that the facts stated do not warrant the recovery of such damages.

Plaintiff alleged that in March, 1952, defendant issued to her...

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