Plummer v. Independent Life & Accident Insurance Co. of Jacksonville
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
Oxner, Justice.
This is an appeal from an order refusing a motion by defendant that plaintiff be required to reply to a plea, of accord and satisfaction set up in the answer.
Plaintiff seeks to recover actual and punitive damages for an alleged fraudulent breach of an insurance policy in which defendant insured the life of Charles Plummer for $500.00 and for an additional sum of $500.00 in the event of his accidental death before attaining the age of 65. Plaintiff, his widow and the beneficiary named in the policy, alleged in her complaint that insured died on February 7, 1959 as a result of an…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Levister v. Southern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1900
- Powell v. Insurance CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
- Taylor v. Palmetto State Life Ins. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1940
- Brown v. Walker Lumber Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
- Harrison v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1925
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