Legal Opinion
Kirby v. GULF OIL CORP.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 26, 1956No. 17193PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
This action was brought by Paul E. Kirby against the Gulf Oil Corporation and Dudley J. Whitlock, Jr., to recover actual and punitive damages on account, of an alleged conspiracy to oust Kirby from a filling station operated by him at Union, South Carolina and drive him out of business. Each of the defendants moved to strike certain portions of the complaint and also interposed a demurrer. The motions and demurrers were overruled in an order filed on October 16, 1953, from which there was timely notice of intention to appeal. Defendants later filed separate answers. The case…
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