Beaty v. Carolina Life Insurance Co.

141 S.E. 681, 144 S.C. 1, 1928 S.C. LEXIS 35

Opinion

The'opinion of the Court was delivered

per curiam.

This is a motion by respondents to dismiss the appeal of the defendant upon the ground that the orders appealed from are not appealable until after final judgment.

The orders are: (1) Refusing to strike out certain allegations of the complaint as irrelevant. (2) Refusing to strike out the name of one of the plaintiffs. (3) Refusing to make the complaint more definite and certain by stating the several causes of action set up therein separately.

I. An order refusing a motion to strike out portions of a pleading as being irrelevant and redundant, it has been repeatedly held by this Court, is not appealable before final judgment.

II. A multiplicity of parties is not even a ground of demurrer, and certainly not a ground of a motion to strike.

III. The complaint states a single cause of action for damages on account of an alleged fraudulent breach of contract; no occasion arises, therefore, to invoke the remedy of a separate statement of causes of action.

The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.

Mr. Ci-iiee Justice Watts and Messrs. Justices Cothran, BeEase, Stabeer, and Carter concur.