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SOUTHERN UNITED LIFE INS. CO. v. CAVES

No. 54867.

481 So.2d 764 (1985)

SOUTHERN UNITED LIFE INS. CO. and First State Bank of Waynesboro v. Mavon Ard CAVES.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Clay Hamilton, Hamilton & Boling, Meridian, John R. Gunn, Waynesboro, for appellants.

E. Gregory Snowden, Bourdeaux & Jones, Meridian, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and HAWKINS and ANDERSON, JJ.

ANDERSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This appeal is an action wherein Mavon Ard Caves, administratrix of the Estate of Elvin Allen Caves, sued Southern United Life Insurance Company, (hereinafter Southern) for failing to pay an amount due under a credit life insurance policy. The trial court granted summary judgment for Mrs. Caves on the issue of liability. The issue of punitive damages went to the jury, which awarded $10,000 damages to the appellee.

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