FIELDING HOME, FUNERALS v. PUB. SAV. LIFE INS.

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271 S.C. 117 (1978)

245 S.E.2d 238

FIELDING HOME FOR FUNERALS, as Assignee for the Life Insurance Policy of Debra Green, Appellant, v. PUBLIC SAVINGS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

June 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony B. O'Neill, of Fielding & O'Neill, Charleston, for appellant.

James A. Stuckey, Jr., of Stuckey & Wise, Charleston, for respondent.


June 15, 1978.

RHODES, Justice:

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether, from the fact of a person answering a telephone at a business establishment and undertaking to respond in regard to its general business, it can be presumed that the person is authorized to speak for the business with regard to the matter under inquiry even though the caller cannot identify the person by name. Finding that such a presumption arises, we reverse the action...

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