Court Opinion

ID: 9826304
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:44:26.728538+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:42:00.190260
License: Public Domain

Justice Eraser:
I dissent. I. do not think the defendant is liable for punitive damages, in the absence of fraud, and the charge allowed punitive damages for a willful .breach of contract.
Reaves v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 110 S. C., 238; 96 S. E., 297:
“Nor is there any doubt of the rule that punitive damages are not recoverable for the mere breach of a private contract, in the absence of circumstances giving rise to a cause of action for fraud. Welborn v. Dixon, 70 S. C., 108; 49 S. E., 232; 3 Ann. Cas., 407.”