Supreme Court of North Carolina March 27, 1968, 275 (King v. Insurance Company of North America)

LAKE, J.

The motion to dismiss the appeal is overruled. The motion to strike the allegations concerning the recovery of punitive damages and the prayer therefor is in the nature of a judgment sustaining a demurrer for the failure to allege facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action for the recovery of punitive damages.

Oil Co. v. Richardson,

271 N.C. 696, 157 S.E. 2d 369;

Williams v.