McLoud v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

The above-entitled cause, together with nineteen others against the same defendant, but in the names of different plaintiffs, came before Hon. Philip H. Stoll, presiding in the Court of Common Pleas at Sumter, March 22, 1932, on demurrers to each complaint. It was agreed by counsel that the order in one case should apply to all. Accordingly, the demurrer was heard in the McLoud case, and being adverse to defendant, it appealed in all the cases. On the 22d of July, 1932, appellant notified the attorneys for the respondents in the…