NEW FOUNDATION BAPTIST CHURCH v. DAVIS

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257 S.C. 443 (1972)

186 S.E.2d 247

NEW FOUNDATION BAPTIST CHURCH, Respondent, v. Otis DAVIS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Bouton, Esq., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Messrs. C. Ben Bowen and George F. Townes, of Abrams, Bowen and Townes, Greenville, for Respondent.


January 12, 1972.

BUSSEY, Justice:

In this action plaintiff-respondent alleged that defendant-appellant had negligently constructed an addition to its existing church sanctuary which resulted in the sanctuary floor collapsing during a funeral service. Both actual and punitive damages were sought. Defendant answered interposing a general denial; alleging that the work was properly done; that more than three years passed before the floor collapsed, and that...

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