Opinion

Lawton v. New York Life Insurance Co.

181 S.C. 230 · Supreme Court of South Carolina · Jul 21, 1936

Full text

The opinion of the Court was delivered by Mr. Justice Bonham. The order of Judge Ramage, sustaining the demurrer to the complaint, from which order the appeal comes to this *235 Court, correctly states the law governing the case, and is satisfactory to this Court. The order appealed from is affirmed. Let it be reported. Mr. Chiee Justice StabeEr and Messrs. Justices Baker and Fishburne concur. Mr. Justice Carter did not participate.

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Metadata

Status: Published
Author: Bonham
Judges: Baker, Barnwell, Bonham, Carter, Chiee, Fishburne, Messrs, Ramage, StabeEr
Cluster ID: 4119841

Citations

181 S.C. 230
1936 S.C. LEXIS 168
186 S.E. 909

Cited by

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Court of Appeals of South Carolina · Jun 20, 2018
Boyer v. W.R. Grace & Co.
D. South Carolina · Feb 7, 1989
Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co. of California v. Rhame
E.D. South Carolina · Mar 16, 1940
Floyd v. American Employers' Ins. Co. of Boston
Supreme Court of South Carolina · May 26, 1938
Adderton v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Feb 4, 1937

Parentheticals

"[T]he rule against splitting is that a single cause of action, claim[,] or demand cannot be split up or divided so as to be made the subject of different actions." (quoting Corpus Juris, 1106, 1107, § 276)
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