HOPKINS v. FIDELITY INS. CO.

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240 S.C. 230 (1962)

125 S.E.2d 468

Willie Mae Lyles HOPKINS, Respondent, v. FIDELITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Cooper & Gary, of Columbia, and Murchison, West & Marshall, of Camden, for Appellant.

Messrs. J. Clator Arrants and Raeford D. Phillips, of Camden, for Respondent.


May 7, 1962.

LEGGE, Acting Justice.

Action is for damages for fraud and deceit. From a circuit court order overruling its demurrer to the complaint and denying, in part, its motion to strike certain allegations, defendant appeals.

The complaint alleged, in substance: that the plaintiff, twenty-six years old, husbandless, illiterate, and dependent for support on the kindness of relations and her own meager income as a part-time farm laborer, was on...

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