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STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. ROBERTS

No. 51474.

379 So.2d 321 (1980)

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY v. J.W. ROBERTS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan, Nelson, Allen, Schroeder & Backstrom, John W. Chapman, Pascagoula, for appellant.

Cumbest & Cumbest, John L. Hunter, Pascagoula, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and BROOM and COFER, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, J.W. Roberts received as an award for breach of an insurance contract $20,000 punitive damages and $5200 actual damages in excess of $4000 offered him before trial for the value of his automobile. Roberts' insurer appeals. We reverse and remand for an award limited to the actual cash value of the automobile at the time of the accident.

On March 20, 1974, the son of J.W. Roberts...

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