KIRBY v. GULF OIL CORP. ET AL.

17193

230 S.C. 11 (1956)

94 S.E.2d 21

PAUL E. KIRBY, Respondent, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION and DUDLEY J. WHITLOCK, JR., Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Walker & White, of Union, and Robert McC. Figg, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant, Gulf Oil Corporation.

Mike S. Jolly, Esq., of Union, for Appellant, Dudley J. Whitlock, Jr..

Messrs. James W. Workman, S.E. Barron, John D. Long and J.R. Flynn, all of Union, and Sam R. Watt and Chester D. Ward, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Messrs. Walker & White, of Union, and Robert McC. Figg, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant, Gulf Oil Corporation, in Reply.

Messrs. James W. Workman, S.E. Barron, John D. Long, and J.R. Flynn, all of Union, and Sam R. Watt and Chester D. Ward, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Respondent, in Reply.


July 26, 1956.

OXNER, Justice.

This action was brought by Paul E. Kirby against the Gulf Oil Corporation and Dudley J. Whitlock, Jr., to recover actual and punitive damages on account of an alleged conspiracy to oust Kirby from a filling station operated by him at Union, South Carolina and drive him out of business. Each of the defendants moved to strike certain portions of the complaint and also interposed a demurrer. The motions and demurrers were overruled...

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