Lanford v. West Oakwood Cemetery Addition, Inc.

Baker, Chief Justice.

This is an action in tort for actual and punitive damages, and stems from the facts hereinafter related.

The appellant, Mrs. Sophie M. Lanford, is the adopted daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John T. Moreland, and therefore the niece of R. A. Moreland, a brother of John T. Moreland. Under the wills of the said John T. Moreland and R. A. Moreland, appellant became the owner of two burial lots in a cemetery at Spartanburg, S. C., which burial lots consisted of the northern and southern one-half of Lot 32 in Section 1, on a plat of the cemetery of respondent corporation, and…