Owens v. Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp.

Supreme Court of South Carolina
Owens v. Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp., 93 S.E. 7 (S.C. 1917)
107 S.C. 425; 1917 S.C. LEXIS 145
Gary

Owens v. Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp.

Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. ChiEE Justice Gary.

This is an appeal from an order requiring the plaintiff to amend his complaint, by alleging two separate and distinct causes of action, on the ground that it contains two blended causes of action, one for a breach of contract, and the other for a tort.

*426 The plaintiff very properly contended that the complaint contained only one cause of action, and that it was based on tort.

The references in the complaint to the contract were for the purpose of showing the relation between the parties out of which the tort arose.

Reversed.

Reference

Status
Published
Syllabus
Action — Joinder.—Contract and Tort. — Where the references in the complaint to the contract were for the purpose of showing the relation between the parties out of which the tort arose, it contained only one cause of action based on tort.