Holloway v. Holloway
Decision Date | 08 June 1944 |
Docket Number | 15654. |
Parties | HOLLOWAY v. HOLLOWAY et ux. |
Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Paul M. Macmillan, of Charleston, for appellants.
Augustine T. Smythe, of Charleston, for respondent.
This appeal is from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint, on which account the latter is here set forth in full, omitting prayer:
The former decision of this Court, which is referred to, was reported under the title of Holloway v. Holloway, in 203 S.C. 339, 27 S.E.2d 457, to which reference may be had.
Appellants' demurrer was upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action for two reasons, to wit, (1) that there is failure, quoting, "to allege any causal connection between the conduct of the defendants and the injury complained of," and (2) that, quoting, "it appears on the face of the complaint that the injury complained of by plaintiff was caused by her own voluntary action." In a formal order the Circuit Judge overruled the demurrer, saying only that, taking the allegations of the complaint to be all true (necessary on demurrer), a cause of action was stated.
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