Legal Opinion
Blackmon v. United Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 29, 1958No. 17467PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Legge, Justice.
The beneficiary of a policy of life insurance in the face amount of $200.00, sues the insurer in this action for $3,000.00 actual and punitive damages. The defendant appeals from an order: (1) construing the complaint as setting forth a cause of action for fraudulent breach of the contract of insurance, and (2) refusing to strike certain of its allegations.
• Following are, in substance, the allegations of the complaint, those to which the motion to strike was directed being italicized:
1. Formal allegations as to the defendant’s business.
2. That the plaintiff is an aged and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Welborn v. DixonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Bradley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1931
- Smyth v. FleischmannSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1949
- Hardee v. Penn Mut. Life Ins. Co. of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1949
- Derrick v. North Carolina Mut. Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Edens v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Robertsen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1979
- Wright v. Public Savings Life InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1974
- Felder v. Great American Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1966
- Blackmon v. United InsuranceSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1959
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